Re: Network Timeout in Script
From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 08/12/04
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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:21:47 +0200
AndyMac wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hopefully this is the right forum for this question, it isn't strictly
> scripting, more batch files.
>
> Every night I have a "server" (bad use of term, Win XP SP2 machine) running
> a batch file that connects to client machines (mix of Win2K and WinXP) and
> pulls a log file back. The client machine list is editable and pulled from
> a locally stored text file. The problem I have is that if a client machine
> is off the network or shutdown then the server takes a full minute or two to
> timeout on the connection attempt before moving to the next client machine
> name in the list.
>
> Is there anyway I can change this default timeout for network connections to
> allow this batch file to give up on the machine after 5-10 secs or so and
> move to the next one much quicker?
Hi
Ping the computers first to see if they are alive:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=eVMQILgVDHA.1600%40TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl
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