而不是检查，只需执行操作(web请求，邮件，ftp等)，并为请求失败做好准备，即使检查成功，您也必须这样做。

考虑以下几点:

1 - check, and it is OK
2 - start to perform action 
3 - network goes down
4 - action fails
5 - lot of good your check did

如果网络坏了，你的动作就会像ping一样迅速失败。

1 - start to perform action
2 - if the net is down(or goes down) the action will fail

尽量避免通过捕获异常来测试连接。因为我们真的预料到有时我们可能会失去网络连接。

 if (NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable() &&
     new Ping().Send(new IPAddress(new byte[] { 8, 8, 8, 8 }),2000).Status == IPStatus.Success)
 //is online
 else
 //is offline

private bool ping()
{
    System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping pingSender = new System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping();
    System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(address);
    if (reply.Status == System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPStatus.Success)
    {                
        return true;
    }
    else
    {                
        return false;
    }
}

以下是它在Android中的实现方式。

作为概念的证明，我将这段代码翻译成c#:

var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://g.cn/generate_204");
request.UserAgent = "Android";
request.KeepAlive = false;
request.Timeout = 1500;

using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
    if (response.ContentLength == 0 && response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NoContent)
    {
        //Connection to internet available
    }
    else
    {
        //Connection to internet not available
    }
}

简介

在某些情况下，您需要在windows应用程序中使用c#代码检查internet是否可用。可能是在windows窗体中使用internet下载或上传文件，或从远程位置的数据库中获取一些数据，在这些情况下，internet检查是强制性的。

有一些方法可以从后面的代码中使用c#检查internet的可用性。这里解释了所有这些方法，包括它们的局限性。

InternetGetConnectedState(经由wininet)

“wininet”API可以用来检查本地系统是否有活跃的互联网连接。用于此操作的命名空间是'System.Runtime。并使用DllImport导入dll' wininet.dll'。在此之后，创建一个带有extern static的布尔变量，函数名为InternetGetConnectedState，带有两个参数描述和reservedValue，如示例所示。

注意:extern修饰符用于声明外部实现的方法。当您使用Interop服务调用非托管代码时，extern修饰符的常见用法是与DllImport属性一起使用。在这种情况下，方法也必须声明为静态的。

接下来创建一个名称为“IsInternetAvailable”的布尔方法。的 上面的函数将用于这个返回Internet的方法 本地系统状态

[DllImport("wininet.dll")]
private extern static bool InternetGetConnectedState(out int description, int reservedValue);
public static bool IsInternetAvailable()
{
    try
    {
        int description;
        return InternetGetConnectedState(out description, 0);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        return false;
    }
}

GetIsNetworkAvailable

下面的示例使用GetIsNetworkAvailable方法来确定网络连接是否可用。

if (System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable())
{
    System.Windows.MessageBox.Show("This computer is connected to the internet");
}
else
{
    System.Windows.MessageBox.Show("This computer is not connected to the internet");
}

备注(根据MSDN):如果任何网络接口被标记为“向上”且不是环回或隧道接口，则网络连接被认为是可用的。

There are many cases in which a device or computer is not connected to a useful network but is still considered available and GetIsNetworkAvailable will return true. For example, if the device running the application is connected to a wireless network that requires a proxy, but the proxy is not set, GetIsNetworkAvailable will return true. Another example of when GetIsNetworkAvailable will return true is if the application is running on a computer that is connected to a hub or router where the hub or router has lost the upstream connection.

在网络上Ping一个主机名

Ping和PingReply类允许应用程序通过从主机获得回复来确定是否可以通过网络访问远程计算机。这些类可以在System.Net.NetworkInformation命名空间中找到。以ping主机为例。

protected bool CheckConnectivity(string ipAddress)
{
    bool connectionExists = false;
    try
    {
        System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping pingSender = new System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping();
        System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingOptions options = new System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingOptions();
        options.DontFragment = true;
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ipAddress))
        {
            System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(ipAddress);
            connectionExists = reply.Status == 
System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPStatus.Success ? true : false;
        }
    }
    catch (PingException ex)
    {
        Logger.LogException(ex.Message, ex);
    }
    return connectionExists;
}

Remarks (As per MSDN): Applications use the Ping class to detect whether a remote computer is reachable. Network topology can determine whether Ping can successfully contact a remote host. The presence and configuration of proxies, network address translation (NAT) equipment, or firewalls can prevent Ping from succeeding. A successful Ping indicates only that the remote host can be reached on the network; the presence of higher level services (such as a Web server) on the remote host is not guaranteed.

欢迎发表意见和建议。编码……快乐!

根据@ChaosPandion的回答，为了尽可能确保结果是正确的，你可以像其他人指出的那样，包括多个大网站。但是，这应该异步完成，以避免太长的等待时间。此外，WebRequest、HttpWebRequest和HttpWebResponse类现在已经过时，应该被HttpClient取代。以下示例考虑了上述因素:

public static async Task<bool> CheckForInternetConnection(TimeSpan? timeoutMs = null, List<string> urls = null)
{
    if (timeoutMs == null)
    {
        timeoutMs = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
    }

    var culture = CultureInfo.InstalledUICulture;
    if (urls == null)
    {
        urls = new List<string>();

        if (culture.Name.StartsWith("fa"))      // Iran
            urls.Add("http://www.aparat.com");
        else if (culture.Name.StartsWith("zh")) // China
            urls.Add("http://www.baidu.com");
        else
        {
            urls.Add("https://www.apple.com/");
            urls.Add("https://www.gstatic.com/generate_204");
        }
    }

    var client = new HttpClient();
    client.Timeout = (TimeSpan)timeoutMs;
    List<Task<string>> tasks = new List<Task<string>>();
    int unresponsiveUrlCount = 0;

    foreach (var url in urls)
    {   
        tasks.Add(client.GetStringAsync(url));             
    }

    Task aggregationTask = null;
    try
    {
        aggregationTask = Task.WhenAll(tasks);
        await aggregationTask;
    }
    catch (Exception)
    {  
        if (aggregationTask?.Exception?.InnerExceptions != null && aggregationTask.Exception.InnerExceptions.Any())
        {
            foreach (var innerEx in aggregationTask.Exception.InnerExceptions)
            {
                unresponsiveUrlCount++;
            }
        }      
    }

    return unresponsiveUrlCount < urls.Count;
}

该方法检查列表中的所有url，如果它们都不可访问，则返回false。我已经添加了苹果的url，因为在我的情况下，它加载相当快，但它可以替换为任何url。