ping computer returns what?

[pugs421]

I found this code which pings a machine:

ipVar = "ping 192.168.3.107"
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.run ipVar

But how do I deal with what it returns? In other words if a computer has crashed and is not able to be pinged, then I need to send a message to another machine.

Thanks

 

[pugs421]

More clarification-

I only need to know how to tell whether the ping was successful or not.

 

[tsuji]

Hello pugs421,

You can simply catching a signature string to your satisfaction. I would say, "TTL" would be a satisfactory signature.

surl="[URL unfurl="true"]www.google.com"[/URL]
signature="TTL"

set wshshell=createobject("wscript.shell")
set oexec=wshshell.exec("ping " & surl)
do while oexec.status=0 : wscript.sleep 100 : loop
soutput=oexec.stdout.readall
if instr(1, soutput, signature, 1)<>0 then
	wscript.echo "The url is alive."
else
	wscript.echo "The url is unavailable or unknown; or the response is blocked."
end if
set oexec=nothing : wshshell=nothing

regards - tsuji

 

[tsuji]

correction:

Last line of course is:

[tt]set oexec=nothing : [red]set[/red] wshshell=nothing[/tt]

Typed too hastily!

- tsuji