How to PING Server in C#

string host = "www.abhisheksur.com";
bool result = false;
Ping p = new Ping();
try
{
    PingReply reply = p.Send(host, 3000);
    if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
        return true;
}
catch { }
return result;   //This is never anything but false, so why not just return false?

using System;
using System.Runtime;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

public static class InternetConnectionStatus
{
    [DllImport("wininet.dll")]
    private extern static bool InternetGetConnectedState(out int Description, int Reserved);

    public static bool Connected()
    {
        int Descript;
        return InternetGetConnectedState(out Descript, 0);
    }
}

bool connected = InternetConnectionStatus.Connected();