Attempts to send an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo message to the computer that has the specified IPAddress, and receive a corresponding ICMP echo reply message from that computer.
A PingReply object that provides information about the ICMP echo reply message, if one was received, or describes the reason for the failure if no message was received.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | address is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). |