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# Online/Offline Event Detection # Online/Offline Event Detection
Online and offline event detection can be implemented in the renderer process [Online and offline event](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Online_and_offline_events) detection can be implemented in the renderer process using [NavigatorOnLine](http://html5index.org/Offline%20-%20NavigatorOnLine.html) attribute, part of standard HTML5 API.
using standard HTML5 NavigatorOnLine API.
The navigator.onLine attribute returns `false` if the user agent will not contact the network when the user follows links or when a script requests a remote page (or knows that such an attempt would fail) i.e. definitely offline (disconnected from the network) and must return `true` otherwise. The navigator.onLine attribute returns `false` if the user agent will not contact the network when the user follows links or when a script requests a remote page (or knows that such an attempt would fail) i.e. definitely offline (disconnected from the network) and must return `true` otherwise.
Since all other conditions return `true`, one has to be mindful of getting false positives, as we cannot assume `true` value necessarily means that Electron can access the internet. Such as in cases where the computer is running a virtualization software that has virtual ethernet adapters that are always “connected.” Since all other conditions return `true`, one has to be mindful of getting false positives, as we cannot assume `true` value necessarily means that Electron can access the internet. Such as in cases where the computer is running a virtualization software that has virtual ethernet adapters that are always “connected.”
Therefore, if you really want to determine the internet access status of Electron, Therefore, if you really want to determine the internet access status of Electron,