How to not run a gateway instance if the target server is down

listeners have a timeout period.  if the target computer is going through a reboot cycle, the downtime should be short enough that you can setup a timeout.  Set one that is long enough so that you do not trigger a failure event, and the timepsan allows for the target server to come back online before the timeout expiration.

Another way that is more robust is to create a seperate application, perhaps one built on Visual Studio or even a scripthost that does a simple ping of the destination server every 10 seconds or so.  When the server is not found, you can do a shutdown of your CF.    (you can shutdown any application from another application).   Once you can re-ping the server, relaunch your gateway listener.  If the listener cannot support what you want to do, just write another program that will perform your logic for you.

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