Since Java 1.5 (Tiger) the java.net.InetAddress class introduces isReachable() method that can be use to ping or check if the address specified by the InetAddress is reachable.

package org.kodejava.example.network;

import java.net.InetAddress;

public class PingExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName("172.16.2.0");

            // Try to reach the specified address within the timeout
            // period. If during this period the address cannot be
            // reach then the method returns false.
            boolean reachable = address.isReachable(10000);

            System.out.println("Is host reachable? " + reachable);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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