What is the best way to check for Internet connectivity using .NET?

Question

What is the fastest and most efficient way to check for Internet connectivity in .NET?

Answer 1

Does not solve the problem of network going down between checking and running your code but is fairly reliable

public static bool IsAvailableNetworkActive()
{
    // only recognizes changes related to Internet adapters
    if (System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable())
    {
        // however, this will include all adapters -- filter by opstatus and activity
        NetworkInterface[] interfaces = System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces();
        return (from face in interfaces
                where face.OperationalStatus == OperationalStatus.Up
                where (face.NetworkInterfaceType != NetworkInterfaceType.Tunnel) && (face.NetworkInterfaceType != NetworkInterfaceType.Loopback)
                select face.GetIPv4Statistics()).Any(statistics => (statistics.BytesReceived > 0) && (statistics.BytesSent > 0));
    }

    return false;
}