Best way to test RMI connection

below is a static method to check if another RMI server is on the network, I basically call a method that, if it answers true, means that the connection is turned on, if it does not respond and instead gives an exception, it’s wrong. Is there a better way to do this? And is there a better way to speed things up? If there is a connection, it returns with the value quickly, but if it is not required, then time.

public static boolean checkIfOnline(String ip,int port)
{
    boolean online = false;
    try {

    InetAddress ipToConnect;
    ipToConnect = InetAddress.getByName(ip);

    Registry registry = LocateRegistry.getRegistry(ipToConnect.getHostAddress(),port);
    ServerInterface rmiServer = (ServerInterface)registry.lookup("ServerImpl");

    online = rmiServer.checkStudentServerOnline();

    if(online)
    {
        System.out.println("Connected to "+ipToConnect);
    }

    } catch (RemoteException e) {

        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        //e.printStackTrace();
        return false;
    } catch (NotBoundException e) {
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        //e.printStackTrace();
        return false;
    } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return online;

}