//Basic Construct for an Occasional Connect
 
var url = 'http://www.adobe.com';
var monitor = null;
 
monitor = new runtime.air.net.URLMonitor( new air.URLRequest( url ) );
monitor.addEventListener( air.StatusEvent.STATUS, doNetworkStatus );
monitor.start();
 
function doNetworkStatus( e ){
	if( monitor.available ){
		//do something
	}
}