PingReply Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net.NetworkInformation

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Net.Ping.dll

Source:

PingReply.cs

Provides information about the status and data resulting from a Send or SendAsync operation.

C#

public class PingReply

Inheritance

Object

PingReply

Examples

The following code example demonstrates using Ping class to send an ICMP echo request synchronously and display the response.

C#

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
using System.Text;

namespace Examples.System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingTest
{
    public class PingExample
    {
        // args[0] can be an IPaddress or host name.
        public static void Main (string[] args)
        {
            Ping pingSender = new Ping ();
            PingOptions options = new PingOptions ();

            // Use the default Ttl value which is 128,
            // but change the fragmentation behavior.
            options.DontFragment = true;

            // Create a buffer of 32 bytes of data to be transmitted.
            string data = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
            byte[] buffer = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes (data);
            int timeout = 120;
            PingReply reply = pingSender.Send (args[0], timeout, buffer, options);
            if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
            {
                Console.WriteLine ("Address: {0}", reply.Address.ToString ());
                Console.WriteLine ("RoundTrip time: {0}", reply.RoundtripTime);
                Console.WriteLine ("Time to live: {0}", reply.Options.Ttl);
                Console.WriteLine ("Don't fragment: {0}", reply.Options.DontFragment);
                Console.WriteLine ("Buffer size: {0}", reply.Buffer.Length);
            }
        }
    }
}

Remarks

The Ping class attempts to send an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request to a remote computer and receive information back from the computer via an ICMP echo reply message. The Ping class uses instances of the PingReply class to return information about the operation, such as its status and the time taken to send the request and receive the reply.

The Send methods return instances of the PingReply class directly. The SendAsync methods return a PingReply in the PingCompletedEventHandler method's PingCompletedEventArgs parameter. The PingReply is accessed through the Reply property.

If the value of Status is not Success, you should not use the values returned by the RoundtripTime, Options or Buffer properties. The RoundtripTime property will return zero, the Buffer property will return an empty array, and the Options property will return null.

Properties

Address	Gets the address of the host that sends the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo reply.
Buffer	Gets the buffer of data received in an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo reply message.
Options	Gets the options used to transmit the reply to an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request.
RoundtripTime	Gets the number of milliseconds taken to send an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request and receive the corresponding ICMP echo reply message.
Status	Gets the status of an attempt to send an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request and receive the corresponding ICMP echo reply message.

Methods

Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

Applies to