Ping - Ping unsuccessful due to unavailable network

[tmetcalfe]

The Idea
Determine whether or not my PC is connected to the internet.

The Attempt
Using Ping plugin, attempt to ping http://www.google.com. Fire GOOGLE_IS_ALIVE on success, GOOGLE_IS_DEAD on failure.

The Problem
Works just fine on a successful ping, but on a failure get the following...

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Error in Action: "Ping: One Ping Now: www.google.com"
Traceback (most recent call last) (1610):
 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost\eg\Classes\ActionBase.py", line 170, in CallWrapper
  return self(*args)
 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost\plugins\Ping\_init_.py", line 132, in _call_
  result = pyPing.Ping(dummyEvent)
 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost\plugins\Ping\_init_.py", line 549, in Ping
  self.SendOnePing()
 File "C:\Progrm Files (x86)\EventGhost\plugins\Ping\_init_.py", line 508, in SendOnePing
  dest_addr = socket.gethostbyname(self.hostName)
gaierror: [Errno 11004] getaddrinfo failed

and no Main.GOOGLE_IS_DEAD event. Have I misconfigured the Ping plugin? Is this just what it does when the computer is not connected to the internet? If so, is there a better way to go about accomplishing what I want to accomplish?

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Hello tmetcalfe,

are you useing the latest version of the ping plugin (that comes with the latest version of EventGhost)?

[tmetcalfe]

Hello tmetcalfe,

are you useing the latest version of the ping plugin (that comes with the latest version of EventGhost)?

Now I am, just updated it. Tinkered with the plugin's config, but I can't figure out what to put for the string to look for on a successful ping.

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Hello tmetcalfe,

usually the default works just fine - anyway if not, go to "satrt"->"run" and open "cmd.exe".
A black box appears.
Type "ping www.google.com" and hit enter.
You will get about 4 lines telling you that google answers, you can choose any part of the repy. (I recommend the value of "Bytes" which is "=32" for me - but obviously not for you )
You could also try "Bytes=" itself...

I hope this helps!

[tmetcalfe]

Hello tmetcalfe,

usually the default works just fine - anyway if not, go to "satrt"->"run" and open "cmd.exe".
A black box appears.
Type "ping http://www.google.com" and hit enter.
You will get about 4 lines telling you that google answers, you can choose any part of the repy. (I recommend the value of "Bytes" which is "=32" for me - but obviously not for you )
You could also try "Bytes=" itself...

I hope this helps!

I had hoped that would be the solution, but alas, after trying "time=", "time", "=" or "ms", a failure is returned regardless of whether I'm connected to the net or not.

This is what I get from using the ping command using the command prompt:

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Pinging www.google.com [2607:f8b0:4000:805::1011] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 2607:f8b0:4000:805::1011: time=78ms
Reply from 2607:f8b0:4000:805::1011: time=69ms
Reply from 2607:f8b0:4000:805::1011: time=63ms
Reply from 2607:f8b0:4000:805::1011: time=63ms

Ping statistics for 2607:f8b0:4000:805::1011:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 63ms, Maximum = 78ms, Average = 68ms

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that's interesting, you're pinging in IPv6...

But that shouldn't make a problem, but please try "ping -4 www.google.com" anyway.

Can you post the Error you get??

[tmetcalfe]

Hadn't even thought of the difference between IPv6 and IPv4. In any case, I -4'd it and "bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=51" was what I got for each ping. Ignoring "time=##ms" showing up, I plugged in "bytes", and "TTL" and still all I get is GOOGLE_IS_DEAD, my failure message. I'm not getting any error message with the new ping plugin.

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hmm... Did you try choosing a higher "Time to wait for the host.."? Like 3000??
Does it work if you use "add host" instead of "one ping now"??

[tmetcalfe]

hmm... Did you try choosing a higher "Time to wait for the host.."? Like 3000??
Does it work if you use "add host" instead of "one ping now"??

I jacked the time to wait up to 3000 and nothing, but changing it to "add host" fixed it. Think I like this method better in any case. Thanks for your help!