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Determine If The Host Is Reachable

05.02.2009

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        Use the SystemConfiguration framework to determine if the host is reachable.

// Use the SystemConfiguration framework to determine if the host is reachable
- (BOOL)isDataSourceAvailable
{
    static BOOL checkNetwork = YES;
    if (checkNetwork) { // Since checking the reachability of a host can be expensive, cache the result and perform the reachability check once.
        checkNetwork = NO;
        
        Boolean success;    
        const char *host_name = "avlweb.charlottesville.org";
		
        SCNetworkReachabilityRef reachability = SCNetworkReachabilityCreateWithName(NULL, host_name);
        SCNetworkReachabilityFlags flags;
        success = SCNetworkReachabilityGetFlags(reachability, &flags);
        _isDataSourceAvailable = success && (flags & kSCNetworkFlagsReachable) && !(flags & kSCNetworkFlagsConnectionRequired);
        CFRelease(reachability);
    }
    return _isDataSourceAvailable;
}

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