Started implementation of IPAddressConverter logic

TimedShutdown/PingWidget.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.ComponentModel;
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
@@ -8,14 +9,14 @@ namespace TimedShutdown
 {
     public class PingWidget
     {
-        IPAddress _ipAddress = IPAddress.None;
+        private string RemoteAddress { get; set; }
         public bool WidgetHasInitialized { get; private set; } = false;
 
         BackgroundWorker contPingBackgroundWorker = new BackgroundWorker();
 
-        public void InitatePingRequest(IPAddress ipAddress)
+        public void InitatePingRequest(string _remoteAddress)
         {
-            _ipAddress = ipAddress;
+            RemoteAddress = _remoteAddress;
 
             contPingBackgroundWorker.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;
             contPingBackgroundWorker.DoWork += ContPingBackgroundWorkerDoWork;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ namespace TimedShutdown
             while (contPingBackgroundWorker.CancellationPending == false)
             {
                 Ping pingSender = new Ping();
-                IPAddress address = _ipAddress;
+                IPAddress address = IPAddressConverter(RemoteAddress);
                 PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(address);
 
                 if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
@@ -61,5 +62,17 @@ namespace TimedShutdown
                 Thread.Sleep(3000);
             }
         }
+
+        private IPAddress IPAddressConverter (string remoteAddress)
+        {
+            IPAddress ip;
+            if (IPAddress.TryParse(remoteAddress, out ip))
+                return ip;
+            else
+            {
+                IPHostEntry iphost = Dns.GetHostEntry(remoteAddress);
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

TimedShutdown/ViewModels/ShellRootViewModel.cs

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace TimedShutdown.ViewModels
                 if (value == true)
                 {
 
-                    pingWidget.InitatePingRequest(IPAddress.Parse(IPRemoteShutdown));
+                    pingWidget.InitatePingRequest(IPRemoteShutdown);
                 }
                 else
                 {