How to write a simple Ping method in Cocoa/Objective-C

Question

I need to write a simple ping method in Cocoa/Objective-C. It also needs to work on the iPhone.

I found an example that uses icmp, will thi

Answer 1

You are not missing anything -- "Reachability" doesn't actually test that the target domain is in fact reachable, it only assesses if there is a pathway out of the machine by which the target domain is potentially reachable. So long as you have some outbound connection (e.g., an active wirless or wired connection), and a routing configuration that leads to the target, then the site is "reachable" as far as SCNetworkReachability is concerned.