Would a timeout you control be satisfactory? I was picturing LAN rather than VPN, so I was imagining a 50 ms timeout, but maybe you will need a second.
The timeout spec for Windows ping has ms resolution. The timeout for OS X ping has a second resolution. You can try the arp test first. You can try opening a socket to a known service. Or, if the computer is not stealth, even to a port that has no service listening on it. There are a few gotchas, but that can work. You have to do your own timeout. Dar On Jun 13, 2013, at 5:19 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Daryl Williams > <[email protected]> wrote: >> It sounds like what you are really looking for is a local gateway to get to >> the Internet, and to where ever the time entries are made? > > > No; actually the opposite. > > If I have a connection, presumably by vpn (this is for postgres), I > want to use it. If there is no connection to the server, I want to > put things into a local sqlite database, and use that to update the > postgres base later. I'm looking for a quick way to achieve this, > rather than something with a lengthy timeout > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
