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Any computer can be set up to refuse ping requests. <br />
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If you have a solution that works some times, don't bother trying to make it work for every target. 
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Any computer can be set up to refuse ping requests.

If you have a solution that works some times, don't bother trying to make it work for every target.

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The issue is that the solution I have now works only when the server accepts web requests. &nbsp;For example, I can ping experts-exchange.com via command line or the script, but if I try some location without a web server, the command line succeeds and the web script fails.<br />
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For example, google.com will work in both, but try ns.google.com, which succeeds at the command line, fails on the web page as there is no web server there.
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The issue is that the solution I have now works only when the server accepts web requests.  For example, I can ping experts-exchange.com via command line or the script, but if I try some location without a web server, the command line succeeds and the web script fails.

For example, google.com will work in both, but try ns.google.com, which succeeds at the command line, fails on the web page as there is no web server there.

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I'm glad I could help. &nbsp;Thanks for the grade, the points and the fun question.<br />
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bol
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I'm glad I could help.  Thanks for the grade, the points and the fun question.

bol

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Hello!<br />
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I need some way to ping an IP using javascript. &nbsp;The ping has to come from the client, hence the JS dependency, and it should work just as if the client ran ping from their command prompt. &nbsp;The solutions I've found work in the case that the pinged computer is running a web server, but when this is not the case the pingers will fail. &nbsp;Does anyone know of a solution that should work for this?<br />
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Thanks!
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Hello!

I need some way to ping an IP using javascript.  The ping has to come from the client, hence the JS dependency, and it should work just as if the client ran ping from their command prompt.  The solutions I've found work in the case that the pinged computer is running a web server, but when this is not the case the pingers will fail.  Does anyone know of a solution that should work for this?

Thanks!

Client Ping via Javascript

JavaScript is a dynamic, object-based language commonly used for client-side scripting in web browsers. Recently, server side JavaScript frameworks have also emerged. JavaScript runs on nearly every operating system and  in almost every mainstream web browser.

JavaScript

A scripting language is a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Scripting languages are often interpreted (rather than compiled). Primitives are usually the elementary tasks or API calls, and the language allows them to be combined into more complex programs. Environments that can be automated through scripting include software applications, web pages within a web browser, the shells of operating systems (OS), embedded systems, as well as numerous games. A scripting language can be viewed as a domain-specific language for a particular environment; in the case of scripting an application, this is also known as an extension language.

Scripting Languages

Web applications are systems that run in browsers that perform functions normally associated with other client-based programs. One of the most commonly used web applications is email; instead of downloading individual emails to a local machine, the data is shown through a website. Other examples of web applications are collaborative systems like a wiki or an online game.