C# Tip: use the Ping class instead of an HttpClient to ping an endpoint
What if you wanted to see if a remote website is up and running? Probably, the first thing that may come to your mind is to use a common C# class: HttpClient. But it may cause you some trouble. There is another way to ping an endpoint: using the Ping...
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C0deR4t
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It's important to know that many websites / environments turn off ICMP replies (replying to PING commands). If the host refuses to reply to your echo/ping request it might seem like the host is down when in actual fact it is up but does not support the use of PING
Other than that, great article, enjoyable read 🐼