Ping Error 1

[FreeRider]

Hi all,

I have a little problem with the ping command in a script. I have @error set to 1 despite

the host is online. The command line is very simple like $ret=Ping(IPadress).

When I try to manually ping the server using a DOS commande line it works...

remark : When I run the script on a LAN, or ADSL connection it works, @error is set to 1 only when using a dialup connection with a GPRS card (3G).

Any Idea to bypass of fix it ?

Thanks for you help

[Bert]

Hard to say unless we can see your script. A guess is put the ping in a msgbox and see what you are getting from the ping. If it is just a 1, then that is the round trip time.

[FreeRider]

Hello Volly,

I confirm I retreive the Error Code and not the roundtrip time... But I found a bypass to the problem.

The script I use returns the Error 1 (Host Offline) only form some of the locations where users are.

I assume the network configuration on these location is restricted which could drives the Ping command to

return this error code.

I choosed to use the native Ping.exe to perform the action and I get the result back using the "$STDOUT_CHILD" constant.

Here is the script with the

;==============================================

; STDIO Constants

;==============================================

Global Const $STDIN_CHILD = 1

Global Const $STDOUT_CHILD = 2

Global Const $STDERR_CHILD = 4

;==============================================

Dim $PUBLICConnected

;**********************************************************************

;************ This was the first way I used to perform the ping *************

;**********************************************************************

;$PUBLICConnected=Ping("www.google.com") ==>

;**********************************************************************

;************ This is the way I found to bypass the "radom" Error 1 *************

;**********************************************************************

$Foo=Run(@ComSpec & " /c ping.exe www.google.com", @SystemDir, @SW_HIDE,$STDOUT_CHILD)

While 1

$StdOutLine = StdoutRead($Foo)

If @error Then ExitLoop

If StringInStr($StdOutLine,"Ping Request could not find") > 0 Then ContinueLoop

$PUBLICConnected="YES"

ExitLoop

WEnd

If Not $PUBLICConnected Then

$Msg="Server's not responding"

MsgBox(0,"Pinging test",$Msg & @CRLF & "Result : " & @error)

Exit

Else

$Msg="Server's responding..."

MsgBox(0,"Pinging test",$Msg & @CRLF & "Resultat : " & $PUBLICConnected)

Exit

EndIf

[BrettF]

$var = Ping("www.AutoItScript.com",250)
If $var Then; also possible:  If @error = 0 Then ...
    Msgbox(0,"Status","Online, roundtrip was:" & $var)
Else
    Msgbox(0,"Status","An error occured with number: " & @error)
EndIf

What does that return?

[weaponx]

I see a big problem here Chris.

You are making the assumption that Dim $PUBLICConnected is being set to zero. Then instead of using the builtin true / false you set $PUBLICConnected="YES".

Very bad. Because then you have this condition "If Not $PUBLICConnected Then" which again would assume $PUBLICConnected could ever have been zero.

So basically you are using a boolean comparison against a string so it is very likely that a ping could fail, and still return successful with your code.

[FreeRider]

Hi 'weaponx'

I also tried replacing "If not $PUBLICConnected" by "if $PUBLICConnected <> "YES" and I obtained the same return code.

I think the problem comes from the network configuration of some of the locations, where they are may be network restrictions which

drives Autoit to retreive a wrong return code.

As it always work when pinging manually (DOS command line) I used this way to bypass the problem and now it works whatever the location...

Many thanks for your help.

[weaponx]

Just keep the code clean and simple:

;METHOD 1
$PUBLICConnected = Ping("www.google.com")

If NOT $PUBLICConnected Then
    Switch @error
        Case 1
            MsgBox(0,"","Host is offline")
        Case 2
            MsgBox(0,"","Host is unreachable")
        Case 3
            MsgBox(0,"","Bad destination")
        Case 4
            MsgBox(0,"","Other errors")
    EndSwitch

Else
    MsgBox(0,"","Ping result: " & $PUBLICConnected & " ms")
EndIf

;METHOD 2
;This will return ping exitcode. 0 = success 1 = fail (note this is backwards from autoit return codes)
$result = RunWait("ping.exe www.google.com")
If $result Then
    MsgBox(0,"","Ping failed")
Else
    MsgBox(0,"","Ping successful")
EndIf