Re: [PHP] Checking if a host is online

From: Jason Giangrande (jason_at_giangrande.org)
Date: 11/29/03


To: "php-general@lists.php.net" <php-general@lists.php.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 16:00:59 -0500


On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 12:32, David T-G wrote:
> 3) At the very least, cut your ping timeout down to the smallest
> acceptable; in general, a full second is plenty of time to get nearly
> anywhere on your continent (ain't it great? :-) and so your intranet
> should be more than happy with that allowance.
>
> HTH & HAND
>
> :-D

Thanks for your help guys. Cutting the ping timeout helped speed things
up quite a bit. I will also look into BigBrother and your other
suggestions. Thanks again.

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