> Thanks for the response, Greg. > >> There are circumstances where a subset of the Internet's hosts may be >> reachable. For example, you may be able to reach link-local names without a >> broader Internet connection. Or you may be able to reach a host behind a VPN >> only when the VPN is active. (I don't know what Reachability actually does >> in these cases, but it's the sort of thing that the API was designed to >> handle.) > > But since this test doesn't actually check the routes to these hosts, > how would it be able to provide meaningful results even in these > cases? > > I figured the specific-host test pinged the host. > _______________________________________________
The docs say that it does not ping the host. However, if you pass the host to the method, if you get a "maybe, try now" you can try the host in one shot in that method. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
