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'1) Place a command button on the form and place this code in the Click event
  Dim ECHO As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
  Dim pos As Integer
  
 'ping an ip address, passing the
 'address and the ECHO structure
  Call Ping("209.48.177.35", ECHO)
  
 'display the results from the ECHO structure
  Form1.Print GetStatusCode(ECHO.status)
  Form1.Print ECHO.Address
  Form1.Print ECHO.RoundTripTime & " ms"
  Form1.Print ECHO.DataSize & " bytes"
  
  If Left$(ECHO.Data, 1) <> Chr$(0) Then
   pos = InStr(ECHO.Data, Chr$(0))
   Form1.Print Left$(ECHO.Data, pos - 1)
  End If
  Form1.Print ECHO.DataPointer
'2) Add a .BAS module and paste this code in that module
'3) Click the command button
Option Explicit
Public Const IP_STATUS_BASE = 11000
Public Const IP_SUCCESS = 0
Public Const IP_BUF_TOO_SMALL = (11000 + 1)
Public Const IP_DEST_NET_UNREACHABLE = (11000 + 2)
Public Const IP_DEST_HOST_UNREACHABLE = (11000 + 3)
Public Const IP_DEST_PROT_UNREACHABLE = (11000 + 4)
Public Const IP_DEST_PORT_UNREACHABLE = (11000 + 5)
Public Const IP_NO_RESOURCES = (11000 + 6)
Public Const IP_BAD_OPTION = (11000 + 7)
Public Const IP_HW_ERROR = (11000 + 8)
Public Const IP_PACKET_TOO_BIG = (11000 + 9)
Public Const IP_REQ_TIMED_OUT = (11000 + 10)
Public Const IP_BAD_REQ = (11000 + 11)
Public Const IP_BAD_ROUTE = (11000 + 12)
Public Const IP_TTL_EXPIRED_TRANSIT = (11000 + 13)
Public Const IP_TTL_EXPIRED_REASSEM = (11000 + 14)
Public Const IP_PARAM_PROBLEM = (11000 + 15)
Public Const IP_SOURCE_QUENCH = (11000 + 16)
Public Const IP_OPTION_TOO_BIG = (11000 + 17)
Public Const IP_BAD_DESTINATION = (11000 + 18)
Public Const IP_ADDR_DELETED = (11000 + 19)
Public Const IP_SPEC_MTU_CHANGE = (11000 + 20)
Public Const IP_MTU_CHANGE = (11000 + 21)
Public Const IP_UNLOAD = (11000 + 22)
Public Const IP_ADDR_ADDED = (11000 + 23)
Public Const IP_GENERAL_FAILURE = (11000 + 50)
Public Const MAX_IP_STATUS = 11000 + 50
Public Const IP_PENDING = (11000 + 255)
Public Const PING_TIMEOUT = 200
Public Const WS_VERSION_REQD = &H101
Public Const WS_VERSION_MAJOR = WS_VERSION_REQD \ &H100 And &HFF&
Public Const WS_VERSION_MINOR = WS_VERSION_REQD And &HFF&
Public Const MIN_SOCKETS_REQD = 1
Public Const SOCKET_ERROR = -1
Public Const MAX_WSADescription = 256
Public Const MAX_WSASYSStatus = 128
Public Type ICMP_OPTIONS
  Ttl       As Byte
  Tos       As Byte
  Flags      As Byte
  OptionsSize   As Byte
  OptionsData   As Long
End Type
Dim ICMPOPT As ICMP_OPTIONS
Public Type ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
  Address     As Long
  status     As Long
  RoundTripTime  As Long
  DataSize    As Integer
  Reserved    As Integer
  DataPointer   As Long
  Options     As ICMP_OPTIONS
  Data      As String * 250
End Type
Public Type HOSTENT
  hName As Long
  hAliases As Long
  hAddrType As Integer
  hLen As Integer
  hAddrList As Long
End Type
Public Type WSADATA
  wVersion As Integer
  wHighVersion As Integer
  szDescription(0 To MAX_WSADescription) As Byte
  szSystemStatus(0 To MAX_WSASYSStatus) As Byte
  wMaxSockets As Integer
  wMaxUDPDG As Integer
  dwVendorInfo As Long
End Type

Public Declare Function IcmpCreateFile Lib "icmp.dll" () As Long
Public Declare Function IcmpCloseHandle Lib "icmp.dll" _
  (ByVal IcmpHandle As Long) As Long
  
Public Declare Function IcmpSendEcho Lib "icmp.dll" _
  (ByVal IcmpHandle As Long, _
  ByVal DestinationAddress As Long, _
  ByVal RequestData As String, _
  ByVal RequestSize As Integer, _
  ByVal RequestOptions As Long, _
  ReplyBuffer As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY, _
  ByVal ReplySize As Long, _
  ByVal Timeout As Long) As Long
  
Public Declare Function WSAGetLastError Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long
Public Declare Function WSAStartup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
  (ByVal wVersionRequired As Long, _
  lpWSADATA As WSADATA) As Long
  
Public Declare Function WSACleanup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long
Public Declare Function gethostname Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
  (ByVal szHost As String, _
  ByVal dwHostLen As Long) As Long
  
Public Declare Function gethostbyname Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
  (ByVal szHost As String) As Long
  
Public Declare Sub RtlMoveMemory Lib "kernel32" _
  (hpvDest As Any, _
  ByVal hpvSource As Long, _
  ByVal cbCopy As Long)

Public Function GetStatusCode(status As Long) As String
  Dim msg As String
  Select Case status
   Case IP_SUCCESS:        msg = "ip success"
   Case IP_BUF_TOO_SMALL:     msg = "ip buf too_small"
   Case IP_DEST_NET_UNREACHABLE: msg = "ip dest net unreachable"
   Case IP_DEST_HOST_UNREACHABLE: msg = "ip dest host unreachable"
   Case IP_DEST_PROT_UNREACHABLE: msg = "ip dest prot unreachable"
   Case IP_DEST_PORT_UNREACHABLE: msg = "ip dest port unreachable"
   Case IP_NO_RESOURCES:     msg = "ip no resources"
   Case IP_BAD_OPTION:      msg = "ip bad option"
   Case IP_HW_ERROR:       msg = "ip hw_error"
   Case IP_PACKET_TOO_BIG:    msg = "ip packet too_big"
   Case IP_REQ_TIMED_OUT:     msg = "ip req timed out"
   Case IP_BAD_REQ:        msg = "ip bad req"
   Case IP_BAD_ROUTE:       msg = "ip bad route"
   Case IP_TTL_EXPIRED_TRANSIT:  msg = "ip ttl expired transit"
   Case IP_TTL_EXPIRED_REASSEM:  msg = "ip ttl expired reassem"
   Case IP_PARAM_PROBLEM:     msg = "ip param_problem"
   Case IP_SOURCE_QUENCH:     msg = "ip source quench"
   Case IP_OPTION_TOO_BIG:    msg = "ip option too_big"
   Case IP_BAD_DESTINATION:    msg = "ip bad destination"
   Case IP_ADDR_DELETED:     msg = "ip addr deleted"
   Case IP_SPEC_MTU_CHANGE:    msg = "ip spec mtu change"
   Case IP_MTU_CHANGE:      msg = "ip mtu_change"
   Case IP_UNLOAD:        msg = "ip unload"
   Case IP_ADDR_ADDED:      msg = "ip addr added"
   Case IP_GENERAL_FAILURE:    msg = "ip general failure"
   Case IP_PENDING:        msg = "ip pending"
   Case PING_TIMEOUT:       msg = "ping timeout"
   Case Else:           msg = "unknown msg returned"
  End Select
  
  GetStatusCode = CStr(status) & "  [ " & msg & " ]"
  
End Function

Public Function HiByte(ByVal wParam As Integer)
  HiByte = wParam \ &H100 And &HFF&
End Function

Public Function LoByte(ByVal wParam As Integer)
  LoByte = wParam And &HFF&
End Function

Public Function Ping(szAddress As String, ECHO As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY) As Long
  Dim hPort As Long
  Dim dwAddress As Long
  Dim sDataToSend As String
  Dim iOpt As Long
  
  sDataToSend = "Echo This"
  dwAddress = AddressStringToLong(szAddress)
  
  Call SocketsInitialize
  hPort = IcmpCreateFile()
  
  If IcmpSendEcho(hPort, _
          dwAddress, _
          sDataToSend, _
          Len(sDataToSend), _
          0, _
          ECHO, _
          Len(ECHO), _
          PING_TIMEOUT) Then
  
    'the ping succeeded,
    '.Status will be 0
    '.RoundTripTime is the time in ms for
    '        the ping to complete,
    '.Data is the data returned (NULL terminated)
    '.Address is the Ip address that actually replied
    '.DataSize is the size of the string in .Data
     Ping = ECHO.RoundTripTime
  Else: Ping = ECHO.status * -1
  End If
            
  Call IcmpCloseHandle(hPort)
  Call SocketsCleanup
  
End Function
  
Function AddressStringToLong(ByVal tmp As String) As Long
  Dim i As Integer
  Dim parts(1 To 4) As String
  
  i = 0
  
 'we have to extract each part of the
 '123.456.789.123 string, delimited by
 'a period
  While InStr(tmp, ".") > 0
   i = i + 1
   parts(i) = Mid(tmp, 1, InStr(tmp, ".") - 1)
   tmp = Mid(tmp, InStr(tmp, ".") + 1)
  Wend
  
  i = i + 1
  parts(i) = tmp
  
  If i <> 4 Then
   AddressStringToLong = 0
   Exit Function
  End If
  
 'build the long value out of the
 'hex of the extracted strings
  AddressStringToLong = Val("&H" & Right("00" & Hex(parts(4)), 2) & _
             Right("00" & Hex(parts(3)), 2) & _
             Right("00" & Hex(parts(2)), 2) & _
             Right("00" & Hex(parts(1)), 2))
  
End Function

Public Function SocketsCleanup() As Boolean
  Dim X As Long
  
  X = WSACleanup()
  
  If X <> 0 Then
    MsgBox "Windows Sockets error " & Trim$(Str$(X)) & _
        " occurred in Cleanup.", vbExclamation
    SocketsCleanup = False
  Else
    SocketsCleanup = True
  End If
  
End Function

Public Function SocketsInitialize() As Boolean
  Dim WSAD As WSADATA
  Dim X As Integer
  Dim szLoByte As String, szHiByte As String, szBuf As String
  
  X = WSAStartup(WS_VERSION_REQD, WSAD)
  
  If X <> 0 Then
    MsgBox "Windows Sockets for 32 bit Windows " & _
        "environments is not successfully responding."
    SocketsInitialize = False
    Exit Function
  End If
  
  If LoByte(WSAD.wVersion) < WS_VERSION_MAJOR Or _
    (LoByte(WSAD.wVersion) = WS_VERSION_MAJOR And _
    HiByte(WSAD.wVersion) < WS_VERSION_MINOR) Then
    
    szHiByte = Trim$(Str$(HiByte(WSAD.wVersion)))
    szLoByte = Trim$(Str$(LoByte(WSAD.wVersion)))
    szBuf = "Windows Sockets Version " & szLoByte & "." & szHiByte
    szBuf = szBuf & " is not supported by Windows " & _
             "Sockets for 32 bit Windows environments."
    MsgBox szBuf, vbExclamation
    SocketsInitialize = False
    Exit Function
    
  End If
  
  If WSAD.wMaxSockets < MIN_SOCKETS_REQD Then
    szBuf = "This application requires a minimum of " & _
         Trim$(Str$(MIN_SOCKETS_REQD)) & " supported sockets."
    MsgBox szBuf, vbExclamation
    SocketsInitialize = False
    Exit Function
  End If
  
  SocketsInitialize = True
    
End Function