R: Is the computer online?

is_online {pingr} | R Documentation

## Is the computer online?

### Description

Check if the computer is online. It does three tries:

- Retrieve Apple's Captive Portal test page, see `apple_captive_test()`.

- Queries myip.opendns.com on OpenDNS, see `my_ip()`.

- Retrieves icanhazip.com via HTTPS, see `my_ip()`. If any of these are successful, it returns `TRUE`.

### Usage

    is_online(timeout = 1)

### Arguments

`timeout` | Timeout for the queries. (Note: it is currently not used for the DNS query.)

### Value

Possible values:

- `TRUE` Yes, online.

- `FALSE` No, not online.

### Examples

    is_online()

[Package pingr version 2.0.1 Index]