Hi all. I'm trying to implement some robust network-failure handling in my iPhone app. The test of whether my host is reachable returns YES even when connected to a router that has no Internet connection. Apple's docs say, "A remote host is considered reachable when a data packet, sent by an application into the network stack, can leave the local device." And indeed this is how it behaves. You can pull the cable out of your router, and as long as your phone is connected to it, the host test will claim any host is reachable.
So why take an address at all? I'm using Donoho's enhancement of Apple's Reachability example, and I don't see the difference between the general "Internet" test (reachabilityForInternetConnection) and a specific-host test (reachabilityWithHostName). And how are people truly testing the availability of a host, given the bogus nature of these results? Thanks! Gavin _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
