How to determine Internet Connection in Cocoa?

Question

I need to determine if Internet Connection is available or not. I don't care how it is connected (WI-FI, Lan,etc..) . I need to determine, is Internet Connection available at all .

P.S. I found a way to check WI-FI connection. But I don't care how it is connected (I need to check all the ways that can be connected to Internet).

Something like (isConnected)

Answer 1

This code works for both iOS and OSX platforms, I hope.

#include <SystemConfiguration/SystemConfiguration.h>
static BOOL isInternetConnection()
{
    BOOL returnValue = NO;

#ifdef TARGET_OS_MAC

    struct sockaddr zeroAddress;
    bzero(&zeroAddress, sizeof(zeroAddress));
    zeroAddress.sa_len = sizeof(zeroAddress);
    zeroAddress.sa_family = AF_INET;

    SCNetworkReachabilityRef reachabilityRef = SCNetworkReachabilityCreateWithAddress(NULL, (const struct sockaddr*)&zeroAddress);


#elif TARGET_OS_IPHONE

    struct sockaddr_in address;
    size_t address_len = sizeof(address);
    memset(&address, 0, address_len);
    address.sin_len = address_len;
    address.sin_family = AF_INET;

    SCNetworkReachabilityRef reachabilityRef = SCNetworkReachabilityCreateWithAddress(NULL, (const struct sockaddr*)&address);

#endif

    if (reachabilityRef != NULL)
    {
        SCNetworkReachabilityFlags flags = 0;

        if(SCNetworkReachabilityGetFlags(reachabilityRef, &flags))
        {
            BOOL isReachable = ((flags & kSCNetworkFlagsReachable) != 0);
            BOOL connectionRequired = ((flags & kSCNetworkFlagsConnectionRequired) != 0);
            returnValue = (isReachable && !connectionRequired) ? YES : NO;
        }

        CFRelease(reachabilityRef);
    }

    return returnValue;

}