[url link=http://www.distinct.com/products/vit32/docs/vit40_07.asp]here[/url] (http://www.distinct.com/products/vit...s/vit40_07.asp) is an active X control that allows you to access ICMP... it even includes sample code.

BTW: I found that by googleing for "visual basic icmp packet", it was the sixth result returned. Maybe next time, "far and wide" should cut a swath across google. *hrmph*

-C