ping fro classic asp

[raghu3]

How can I ping a server from classic asp and check if the server is responding to this ping ?
If the ping fails, I will connect to an alternate server.
There are 7 such server , and I will connec to the 1st responding one.

 

[Sheco]

Take a look at this thread from the VBScript forum:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1130056

You can probably modify this for your purposes.


Also, do you wish to always try the 7 servers in the same order or will you do it randomly to spread the load?

 

[raghu3]

set wshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ping=Not CBool(wshShell.run("ping -n 1 " & hostname,0,True))

Works for me. I will run the ping in a small loop 1-7 and stop at the 1st response. There is no load balance here as all I have to do is connect to the 1st responding server.

Thanks a lot.

When ever I try the search feature on tek-tips, I get no results.

 

[Chopstik]

When ever I try the search feature on tek-tips, I get no results.

While there are some known issues with the search functionality, it is still passable and should return some sort of result set. Sometimes, you may need to make your search more general or look for any words as opposed to exact matches, but it should still work. What specifically were you attempting to search for and what filters were you using? That often can make a difference...

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