From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2010-04-20T07:47:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Net::Ping::HTTP inconsistencies



On Apr 19, 3:33 pm, Daniel Waite <rabbitb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have multiple websites that are "up". That is, they are accessible via
> the browser and return to the user content.
>
> But...
>
> >> require 'net/ping'
> => true
> >> Net::Ping::HTTP.new('somewebsite.com').ping?
>
> => false
>
> And, sometimes (I stress, _sometimes_):
>
> >> require 'net/ping'
> => true
> >> Net::Ping::HTTP.new('http://somewebsite.com').ping?
>
> => true
>
> But then...
>
> >> require 'net/ping'
> => true
> >> Net::Ping::HTTP.new('http://somewebsite.com').ping?
>
> => false
>
> Why the inconsistency? More importantly, how can I achieve consistent
> results? It's maddening when a website is obviously functional and yet I
> am told it's not.

Try this and see if you can determine why it's failing sometimes:

require 'net/ping'

http = Net::Ping::HTTP.new('http://somewebsite.com')

unless http.ping?
  puts "Ping failed: " + ping.exception
end

Regards,

Dan