Doesn't 'ping' work correctly?

[Guest Uwe]

I just want to test if a station responds within a given time.

The following script reports a '1' as roundtrip time.

However a 'ping 123.123.123.123' in a command window

(Windows 2000 SP4) results a 'Destination host not reachable'

(Zielhost nicht erreichtbar).

How can I test if "123.123.123.123" is present or not?

$var = Ping("123.123.123.123",250)

If $var Then

Msgbox(0,"Status","Online, roundtrip was:" & $var)

Else

Msgbox(0,"Status","An error occured with number: " & @error)

EndIf

BTW: Windows without AutoIt is like a car without wheels...

[Holger]

Hi Uwe

normally there is no bug

Yeah, but I found a better possibility to check for the error.

I will test it today or tomorrow in the later evening under different OS's.

Thanks for info and regards

Holger

[BigBadWeirdo]

Uh i'm new in programming but i think this sentence: If $var Then is wrong cause you don't check what $var has to be or not... Don't blame me if wrong

[w0uter]

AFAIK.

"If $var" equals "If $var >= 1"

"If NOT $var" equals "If $var = 0"

[Holger]

No, the problem is the internal handling.

You can ping this address and the problem is when there is a network message like:

"Answer from X.X.X.X: Destation host unreachable"

So for the command there is an answer so the connection is ok but it isn't.