Ever wondered how Windows knows whether your PC has network connectivity? It's something called Network connection Status Indicator, or NCSI, described here:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2012/12/20/the-network-connection-statu s-icon.aspx Essentially, Windows contacts a dedicated web site and page: http://www.msftncsi.com/ncsi.txt which returns a single line of text - Microsoft NCSI. For IPV6, it then tries: http://ipv6.msftncsi.com/ncsi.txt These servers are hosted by the usual Microsoft CDN partners (Akamai and others) and so should be easily accessible worldwide. They may also be useful if your own ICS application wants to ping something to test for network connectivity, as my own do. Angus -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
