Is it possible to ping a server from Javascript?

Question

I\'m making a web app that requires that I check to see if remote servers are online or not. When I run it from the command line, my page load goes up to a full 60s (for 8 e

Answer 1

You can't directly "ping" in javascript. There may be a few other ways:

• Ajax
• Using a java applet with isReachable
• Writing a serverside script which pings and using AJAX to communicate to your serversidescript
• You might also be able to ping in flash (actionscript)