Internet Connection

zer has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Is there a package that will check for an internet connection? Preferably wireless. And on a linux system

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Re: Internet Connection by gaal (Parson) on Jan 25, 2007 at 14:07 UTC
IO::Interface::Simple can tell you what interfaces are up and running, which can get you started.	[reply]
Re: Internet Connection by logie17 (Friar) on Jan 25, 2007 at 15:57 UTC
You could do something with Net::Ping. Thanks, s;;5776?12321=10609$d=9409:12100$xx;;s;(\d*);push @_,$1;eg;map{print chr(sqrt($_))."\n"} @_;	[reply]