Is it wise to use Reachability to check for a remote host's availability?

Question

Is it wise to use Reachability Class(from Apple) to check for a remote host\'s availability ? say for example, www.google.com

or should I use

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Answer 1

Here is a tutorial on how to use Reachability. http://www.raddonline.com/blogs/geek-journal/iphone-sdk-testing-network-reachability/

NSString *connectedString = [[NSString alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.google.com/"]]; 

if ([connectedString length] != 0) // Host Available

The code you provided should also work but might not give the desired result.. Reachability is more reliable..