gistfile1.java

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class NetTest {
  public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception{    
    String host = "acidrayne.net";
    String pingResult = "";
    try {
      Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime();
      Process p = r.exec("ping -c 1 " + host);
      
      p.waitFor();      

      BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new
      InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
      String inputLine;
      while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
        System.out.println(inputLine);
        pingResult += inputLine;
      }
      in.close();

     } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println(e);
     }

  } 
}