Any way to tell if a machine in online?

[Guest]

Hi,

I have a script that I use to check to see if a machine is connected and
online. I am in the process of writing a new .net app that needs this same
kind of functionality. Is there any way to achieve this? This script uses
ping but if something else can provide the same kind of info that would be
great.

Echo %1
PING %1 -n 1 > PING.CHK
FIND /I "Pinging" PING.CHK
IF %ERRORLEVEL%== 1 GOTO HOSTNAME
FIND /I "Reply" PING.CHK
IF %ERRORLEVEL%== 1 GOTO OFFLINE
FIND /I "expired" PING.CHK
IF %ERRORLEVEL%== 1 GOTO DESTINATION
ECHO 4Error,ping expired in transit,%1 >> admreport.csv
goto Next1

ESTINATION
FIND /I "Destination host unreachable" PING.CHK
IF %ERRORLEVEL%== 1 GoTo Start
ECHO 3Error,Destination host unreachable,%1 >> admreport.csv
GoTo Next1

:OFFLINE
ECHO 1Error,Host is off line,%1 >> admreport.csv
GoTo Next1

:HOSTNAME
ECHO 2ERROR,Host not found in DNS,%1 >> admreport.csv
GoTo Next1

:Start

Too bad I can't just use the Ping that is in V2.0. Any thoughts would be
greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance,
Bill

 

[SCDeveloper]

You can re-write the codes in .NET or try turning your current codes
into COM and use InterOp.

Here is an example of the PING UTILITY and WEBSERVICE in C# .NET
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20020209.asp

SCDeveloper
http://www.sharingcorner.com

 

[Guest]

Thanks much SCDeveloper! I'll give it a whirl!

regards,
Bill