The Network Class belongs to Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices namespace.
The .NET Ping method is overloaded, the return value is always Boolean. ( Conversion Required )

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String. The URL, computer name, or IP number of the server to ping. Required.

Uri. The URI of the server to ping. Required.

Int32. Time threshold in milliseconds for contacting the destination. Default is 500. Required.

This example reports whether or not the server can be pinged by determining whether the Ping method returns True.

Set network = DotNetFactory.CreateInstance( "Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Network" )

If CBool( network.Ping( "www.advancedqtp.com" ) ) Then

   MsgBox( "Server pinged successfully." )

Else

   MsgBox( "Ping request timed out." )

End If

This example reports whether or not the server can be pinged by determining whether the Ping method returned True and specifies a timeout interval of 1000 milliseconds.

Set network = DotNetFactory.CreateInstance( "Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Network" )

If CBool( network.Ping( "198.01.01.01", 1000 ) ) Then

   MsgBox( "Server pinged successfully." )

Else

   MsgBox( "Ping request timed out." )

End If

Also it can be done in only one line

Print DotNetFactory.CreateInstance( "Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Network" ).Ping( "www.advancedqtp.com" ).ToString()