ping function is not working well

[shlomo koren]

Hi

I have problem with ping function .

I run ping function and it is reply that the "Host is offline"

but when i use windows xp ping command i get a reply.

Simple script is:

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$result=Ping("145.9.193.22")

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

msgbox(0,"debug","Result is:"&$result)

output is

An error occured with number:1

Result is:0

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windows xp ping command result are:

Pinging 145.9.193.22 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 145.9.193.22: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=124

Reply from 145.9.193.22: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=124

Reply from 145.9.193.22: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=124

Reply from 145.9.193.22: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=124

Ping statistics for 145.9.193.22:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 2ms

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Autoit version is 3.2.2.0

Regards

[MHz]

From testing with the example from the helpfile, Ping() fails if the inbuilt XP firewall is ON but succeeds if if the firewall is turned OFF.

Ping from a command prompt works with firewall ON or OFF.