Re: WMI Ping help

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From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 04/29/04

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    Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:51:32 +0200

    Jonathan Swift wrote:

    > Seen this:
    >
    > strMachines = "atl-dc-01;atl-win2k-01;atl-nt4-01;atl-dc-02"
    > aMachines = split(strMachines, ";")
    > For Each machine in aMachines
    > Set objPing = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}")._
    > ExecQuery("select * from Win32_PingStatus where address = '"_
    > & machine & "'")
    > For Each objStatus in objPing
    > If IsNull(objStatus.StatusCode) or objStatus.StatusCode<>0 Then
    > WScript.Echo("machine " & machine & " is not reachable")
    > End If
    > Next
    > Next
    >
    > on Microsoft's web site.
    >
    > But it says only available on 2003 and XP - what would I need to do to make
    > this work on 2000 ?
    Hi

    You could ping the computers first using ping.exe, take a look at
    the IsConnectible function in the link below.

    http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=ejucKB3FEHA.744%40TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl 

    -- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
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