How to determine Internet Connection in Cocoa?

Question

I need to determine if Internet Connection is available or not. I don\'t care how it is connected (WI-FI, Lan,etc..) . I need to determine, is Internet Connection available

Answer 1

One way to do it is :

// Check whether the user has internet
- (bool)hasInternet {
    NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:@"http://www.google.com"];
    NSURLRequest *request = [[NSURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:url cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData timeoutInterval:5.0];
    BOOL connectedToInternet = NO;
    if ([NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil]) {
        connectedToInternet = YES;
    }
    //if (connectedToInternet)
        //NSLog(@"We Have Internet!");
    [request release];
    [url release];
    return connectedToInternet;
}