Re: InternetGetConnectedState returns false where it should return tru

From: Arkady Frenkel (arkadyf_at_hotmailxdotx.com)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:35:32 +0300

That discussion "IsNetworkAlive" appear from time to time in this NG and you
can googlize it , additionally look at
http://www.ndis.com/faq/QA05040101.htm
Arkady

"CarstenJAndersen" <CarstenJAndersen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:7D01FC91-68C6-404C-8A49-91C0CF260996@microsoft.com...
> On WinXP and IE6.0 (with newest windows updates) InternetGetConnectedState
returned false eventhough the client was connected to the internet. We have
only seen this problem at one client amoung many.
>
>
> I found Knowledge Base article 315035 that describes this problem, but
this article is only applicable for Win ME.
>
> Is there a known problem with InternetGetConnectedState on Win XP ?
>
> (I fixed the problem by adding a fake Dial-up connection and setting the
"Choose settings if you need to configure a proxy server for a connection to
"Dial whenever a network connection is not present") - BUT I still want an
explanation - anyone ?
>
> The network settings was as follows:
>
> Windows IP-konfiguration
> Værtsnavn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : XXXX
> Primært DNS-suffiks. . . . . . . . . . . . . :
> Nodetype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Blandet
> IP-routing aktiveret . . . . . . . . . . . . : Ja
> WINS-proxy aktiveret . . . . . . . . . . . . : Nej
>
> Ethernet-netværkskort LAN-forbindelse:
>
> Forbindelsesspecifikt DNS-suffiks. . . . . . : xxx.dk
> Beskrivelse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139
Family PCI
> Fast Ethernet NIC
> Fysisk adresse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 00-02-3F-B0-54-65
> Dhcp aktiveret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Ja
> Automatisk konfiguration aktiveret . . . . . : Ja
> IP-adresse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.198.252.35
> Undernetmaske. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Standardgateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.198.252.1
> DHCP-server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.239.10.172
> DNS-servere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.239.10.41
> 194.239.10.42
>
>

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