what is the best way to implement simple checking mechanism

Hello all im wandering what will be the best way to implement
http checking mechanism , what i mean is that i need to query every N seconds if i have
connection to my server .
my idea was to start seperet thread from my main application ,this thread will start endless loop
that will send http post massage to the server every N seconds . and the server will return response
what do you think do you know better way to do this ?

Seems like one way that would work.

What is your ACTUAL goal? If you describe further what you want to achieve, we may be able to come up with a better solution.

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Mats

Depends on how you intend to implement it. If your using winsockets you could just wait till your send or recv loop didn't return SOCKET_ERROR.

thanks for the fast reply my ACTUAL goal is simple i like to check if i have
Internet connection all the time.
i do use winsock and recv.
they are in some class that handle the http port action .
i dont see any way but adding another loop that will execute the http handler method
every N seconds