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Just use <a href="http://www.codeproject.com/internet/winping.asp" rel="ugc">http://www.codeproject.com/internet/winping.asp</a>&nbsp;- the time zones should not matter, since the respose times should be seconds in the worst case.
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Just use http://www.codeproject.com/internet/winping.asp [http://www.codeproject.com/internet/winping.asp] - the time zones should not matter, since the respose times should be seconds in the worst case.

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That project uses raw sockets to do the ping. This is not reliable because the latest Microsoft OS's can deny access to raw sockets depending on your privileges.<br />
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Better is to use the IcmpSendEcho function as shown here: <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366050.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366050.aspx</a><br />
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This will work no matter what your privileges.
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That project uses raw sockets to do the ping. This is not reliable because the latest Microsoft OS's can deny access to raw sockets depending on your privileges.

Better is to use the IcmpSendEcho function as shown here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366050.aspx [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366050.aspx]

This will work no matter what your privileges.

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If you want more information on the ping status try WMI class<br />
Win32_PingStatus Class<br />
Best Regards,<br />
DeepuAbrahamK
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If you want more information on the ping status try WMI class
Win32_PingStatus Class
Best Regards,
DeepuAbrahamK

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ok i like some of the info<br />
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any ideas how i could use the tcp connection thats already established? 
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ok i like some of the info

any ideas how i could use the tcp connection thats already established?

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I'm writing a lobby client and server system. for hosting games and stuff. I want the client to know how good their ping is to the server. or to the games being hosted.<br />
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I'm using SDL and SDLnet. I was thinking of using time. But I was unsure of how to do that because my clients could be in another time zone or have their computers just with different times on them.<br />
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I'm coding in visual studio 2005 express.<br />

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I'm writing a lobby client and server system. for hosting games and stuff. I want the client to know how good their ping is to the server. or to the games being hosted.

I'm using SDL and SDLnet. I was thinking of using time. But I was unsure of how to do that because my clients could be in another time zone or have their computers just with different times on them.

I'm coding in visual studio 2005 express.


ping for client and server

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