Re: Simple Ping Script

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"K" <no@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What are the errorlevels for the ping command?

I am trying to create a script that will ping a remote router, and in the
event it is non-responsive, will cause the machine the script is running
on to reboot without warnings or prompts.

Any help much appreciated.

Ping does not have any specific error levels. You need to check its output
in order to work out if the remote computer is responding, e.g. like so:

ping SomePC | find /i "bytes=" > nul && echo SomePC is responding.
or maybe
ping SomePC | find /i "bytes=" > nul || echo SomePC is not responding.


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