- networkInterface
- the network interface on which to connection should be established.
- ttl
- the maximum count of hops (time-to-live).
- timeout
- timeout in milliseconds before the test fails if no connection could be established.
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Type Reason Java.IO.IOException if an error occurs during an I/O operation. Java.Lang.IllegalArgumentException if ttl or timeout is less than zero.
Tries to reach this InetAddress. This method first tries to use ICMP (ICMP ECHO REQUEST), falling back to a TCP connection on port 7 (Echo) of the remote host.