I have been programming my home's Intranet service using Mandrake 8.1, Apache, and have been using PHP. Since my system is up and down as I work on it, fire wall it, etc., I chose to set up a page on my wife's computer that she can click to get to our home's Intranet. Her's is just a simple HTML page with a CLICK HERE.
Sometimes I have it up, sometimes down as I work on the configuration files. So much to learn for a Newbie.
What I would like to do is use a JavaScript script to check to see if my system is up before doing a redirect. If it is up, redirect to it. If it is not, keep probing until it is back up.
Any ideas on what a Javascript routine would look like to handle this on the client-side, namely, my wife's WIN98 machine?
