There are times when you want to identify and detect the availability of a host . .NET provides the developers with the API that lets you ping the host .

How to Ping a Host or Machine in C# ?

Below is a sample code snippet demonstrating how to ping a machine in C# .

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
namespace GinktageConsoleApp
{
    internal class Program
    {
        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping pingServices = new System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping();
            System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingReply Output = pingServices.Send("www.Ginktage.com");
            Console.WriteLine("IPAddress : " + Output.Address);
            Console.WriteLine("TTL" + Output.Options.Ttl);
            Console.WriteLine("Status" + Output.Status);
            Console.ReadLine();
        } 
    }
    
}