Can you use My.Computer with VB.net framework 3.5

I've used this in VB before so should I be able to add the Microsift.Visualbasic.Devices namespace to a VB.net project so I can use the My.Computer. object(s)?

I primarily want to use this to test for computer connections via something like My.Computer.Network.Ping("127.0.0.1") to find out if a remote system is alive or not. But some of the other internal functions would be useful as well…

So can this be done, am I missing something here? What references, DLLs (if any) would I need to add to get this functionality?

A part of this system (data collection) is going to be on windows CE, so can it be used there as well?

I’ve Googled but can’t find anything that answers my questions.

I hope someone can help.