Question

I want my program in C# to check if a website is online prior to executing, how would I make my program ping the website and check for a response in C#?

Answer 1

You have use System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping see below.

var ping = new System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping();

var result = ping.Send("www.google.com");

if (result.Status != System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPStatus.Success)
    return;