Re: How to deal with unplug from the LAN

2010-05-26 Thread Alex Tweedly
Hmmm ... looks like you may have a problem with copy/paste in creating this email. in "connectionStatus" the first if ...then...else cluae will *always* cause a return, so the check for Airport never gets used. I suspect the original code did the Airport check first, then the Ethernet one - tha

Re: How to deal with unplug from the LAN

2010-05-26 Thread Web Admin Himalayan Academy
With a tip from Andre, we solved this problem... it's really pretty neat. Perhaps someone else may need this. Mac Only This queries the hardware-network interface and give you and instant response... if the users just unplugs from the network or turns of her airport, with a remote volume moun

How to deal with unplug from the LAN

2010-05-25 Thread Sivakatirswami
I'm working on an app that requires a remote volume to be mounted (Mac OS X 10.6) I use several basic connectivity tests like put hostAddressToName ("11.11.11.11:") into the server # If I get DNS from the XServe box I know the user is at least plugged in or has his Airport connection uup and