From: Athreya Vc Date: 2010-12-26T01:08:00+09:00 Subject: Re: net-ping error says "false" though server can be reached Sorry Again, This worked for me irb(main):012:0> puts 'OK' if Net::Ping::External.new '192.168.1.1' OK => nil irb(main):013:0> I am trying to write a script and kind of went impatient, But the syntax is really cool, it is almost English, Thanks for your inputs. Regards -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.