NAME

Net::Detect - Detect network/internet connectivity

VERSION

This document describes Net::Detect version 0.2

SYNOPSIS

    use Test::More;
    use Net::Detect;

    if (detect_net()) {
        plan tests => 42;
    }
    else {
        plan skip_all => 'These tests require an internet connection.';
    }

Or for a specific host/port:

    use Test::More;
    use Net::Detect;

    if (detect_net('xyz.example.com', 8699)) {
        plan tests => 42;
    }
    else {
        plan skip_all => 'These tests require connectivity to xyz.example.com over port 8699.';
    }

DESCRIPTION

Detect network connectivity with a given host/port.

INTERFACE

import() exports detect_net().

detect_net()

Takes these otpional arguments:

First: Host (default www.google.com)

    detect_net('example.com')

Second: Port (default 80)

    detect_net('example.com', 8699)

Rest: passed to Net::Ping->new() (default 'syn')

    detect_net('example.com', 8699, 'tcp', 2)

Returns true when it could pinged. False otherwise.

DIAGNOSTICS

Any warnings/errors would be from Net::Ping.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

Net::Detect requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

Net::Ping

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-net-detect@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

Daniel Muey <http://drmuey.com/cpan_contact.pl>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2013, Daniel Muey <http://drmuey.com/cpan_contact.pl>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION.

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cpanm Net::Detect

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Net::Detect