title: How to ping a webservice like svc, asmx
body: <p>I have .net application and I want to ping some webservices and show the status on a webpage.
  I tried ping but i am getting "No such host in known".</p>
  
  <p>But the ping works for a url or ip but not working for a service.</p>
  
  <p>Please put ideas here</p>
  
  <p>UPDATE:</p>
  
  <p>I used HttpWebResponse and request. I am getting 401 unauthorized.</p>