Hi

can anyone help me

I want some simple .vbs script (or something else) witch continuously pings some host and if that host went down (not responding during 10 seconds or 5 timeout) it runs some .bat file (witch takes another action).

thank you in advance

This code is for Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP and up.

Save As WmiPing.vbs

Dim Wmi :Set Wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")
Dim Obj, Png
'-> Loop To Get User Input
    Do While Png = ""
'-> Inputbox To Get User Input
     Png = InputBox( _
      "Type in the IP Address or the Computer Name" & vbCrLf & _
      "that you want to run the Ping Command on." & vbCrLf & _
      "To do nothing type in either Exit Or Quit","Get IP Or Computer Name","",,475)
'-> Exit The Script And Do Nothing
     If InStr(1,Png,"exit",1) Or InStr(1,Png,"quit",1) Then
      WScript.Quit
     End If    
    Loop
'-> Ping The Computer
    For Each Obj In Wmi.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * From Win32_PingStatus where Address = '" & Png & "'")
     If IsNull(Obj.StatusCode) Or Obj.StatusCode <> 0 Then 
'-> Code Here If Computer Does Not Replies
      MsgBox "Did Not Respond : " & Png, 4128, "No Reply"
     Else
'-> Code Here If Computer Replies
      MsgBox "Confirm Respond : " & Png, 4128, "Yes Reply"
     End If
    Next

I have attach the above code as a text file just remove the.txt to make acrive.

thank you very much Gunsmokingman for your reply but I want code witch continuously pings host, and when it receives "Request timed out" or "Destination host unreachable" takes some action, runs .bat file or some other script witch, for example, plays alarm.

I want some simple .vbs script (or something else) witch continuously pings some host and if that host went down (not responding during 10 seconds or 5 timeout) it runs some .bat file (witch takes another action).

It would be fairly trivial to write a quick vscript that does precisely this and more. It would take like 5 minutes. Or we could even write even a C# app using the Ping class from the System.Net.NetworkInformation namespace in not much longer (but that can very easily become a significant undertaking as you add features). But why bother when there's already dozens of such things all over the internet available for free such as FREEping and peermonitor (Google will find plenty more). There likely several open source apps to do that too. It's trivial to write, but why reinvent the wheel when there's plenty of existing apps for this?

I want some simple .vbs script (or something else) witch continuously pings some host and if that host went down (not responding during 10 seconds or 5 timeout) it runs some .bat file (witch takes another action).

It would be fairly trivial to write a quick vscript that does precisely this and more. It would take like 5 minutes. Or we could even write even a C# app using the Ping class from the System.Net.NetworkInformation namespace in not much longer (but that can very easily become a significant undertaking as you add features). But why bother when there's already dozens of such things all over the internet available for free such as FREEping and peermonitor (Google will find plenty more). There likely several open source apps to do that too. It's trivial to write, but why reinvent the wheel when there's plenty of existing apps for this?

Thank you for your attention CoffeeFiend, This programs is very nice but I had explained very badly, OK I have .bat file witch kills my VPN client and runs again, and I want to execute this .bat file when my internal host, witch I connect to threw VPN is unreachable, I want code witch pings and runs .bat file after it receives 10 "timeouts" or "unreachable" or maybe after 10 - 15 seconds when it realizes that host is unreachable.

I have made some minor changes to the script, it now has a Loop that will exit funtion after 10 unsuccesfull ping tries or 10 succesfull ping.

Save As WmiPing2.vbs

Dim Act :Set Act = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
Dim Wmi :Set Wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")
Dim C1, C2, Obj, Png
'-> Loop To Get User Input
    Do While Png = ""
'-> Inputbox To Get User Input
     Png = InputBox( _
      "Type in the IP Address or the Computer Name" & vbCrLf & _
      "that you want to run the Ping Command on." & vbCrLf & _
      "To do nothing type in either Exit Or Quit","Get IP Or Computer Name","",,475)
'-> Exit The Script And Do Nothing
     If InStr(1,Png,"exit",1) Or InStr(1,Png,"quit",1) Then
      WScript.Quit
     End If    
    Loop
'-> Start The Ping Loop
 PingLoop()
   Function PingLoop()
'-> Ping The Computer 
    For Each Obj In Wmi.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * From Win32_PingStatus where Address = '" & Png & "'")
     If IsNull(Obj.StatusCode) Or Obj.StatusCode <> 0 Then 
'-> Code Here If Computer Does Not Replies
      C1 = C1 + 1
      Act.Popup "Total Ping : " & C1 & vbcrlf & _
                "No Respond : " & Png, 3, "No Reply", 4128
'-> Quit After 10 Tries
       If C1 = 10 Then WScript.Quit 
     Else
'-> Code Here If Computer Replies
      C2 = C2 + 1
      Act.Popup "Total Pings : " & C2 & vbcrlf & _
                "Yes Respond : " & Png, 3, "Yes Reply", 4128
'-> Quit After 10 Tries
       If C2 = 10 Then WScript.Quit    
     End If
    Next
    PingLoop()  
   End Function

I have made some minor changes to the script, it now has a Loop that will exit funtion after 10 unsuccesfull ping tries or 10 succesfull ping.

Save As WmiPing2.vbs

Dim Act :Set Act = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
Dim Wmi :Set Wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")
Dim C1, C2, Obj, Png
'-> Loop To Get User Input
    Do While Png = ""
'-> Inputbox To Get User Input
     Png = InputBox( _
      "Type in the IP Address or the Computer Name" & vbCrLf & _
      "that you want to run the Ping Command on." & vbCrLf & _
      "To do nothing type in either Exit Or Quit","Get IP Or Computer Name","",,475)
'-> Exit The Script And Do Nothing
     If InStr(1,Png,"exit",1) Or InStr(1,Png,"quit",1) Then
      WScript.Quit
     End If    
    Loop
'-> Start The Ping Loop
 PingLoop()
   Function PingLoop()
'-> Ping The Computer 
    For Each Obj In Wmi.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * From Win32_PingStatus where Address = '" & Png & "'")
     If IsNull(Obj.StatusCode) Or Obj.StatusCode <> 0 Then 
'-> Code Here If Computer Does Not Replies
      C1 = C1 + 1
      Act.Popup "Total Ping : " & C1 & vbcrlf & _
                "No Respond : " & Png, 3, "No Reply", 4128
'-> Quit After 10 Tries
       If C1 = 10 Then WScript.Quit 
     Else
'-> Code Here If Computer Replies
      C2 = C2 + 1
      Act.Popup "Total Pings : " & C2 & vbcrlf & _
                "Yes Respond : " & Png, 3, "Yes Reply", 4128
'-> Quit After 10 Tries
       If C2 = 10 Then WScript.Quit    
     End If
    Next
    PingLoop()  
   End Function

Thank you, very nice code, it wants little improvement, could you do such thing? after it receives 10 unsuccessful PING to take another action , I want it to run a .bat file and could successful PINGs continue forever?

Could you post the contents of the bat file, I might be able to code it so it does not need the bat file.

To make the script Ping without quiting, remove these lines from the script.

'-> Quit After 10 Tries 
       If C2 = 10 Then WScript.Quit  

Could you post the contents of the bat file, I might be able to code it so it does not need the bat file.

To make the script Ping without quiting, remove these lines from the script.

'-> Quit After 10 Tries 
       If C2 = 10 Then WScript.Quit  

this is content of .bat file,

first:

echo wscript.sleep 5000 > tmp.vbs
start /wait tmp.vbs
start cidial 
start /wait tmp.vbs
"C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\vpngui.exe"
  

and second .bat file is

echo wscript.sleep 10000 > tmp1.vbs
start /wait tmp1.vbs
taskkill /F /IM vpngui.exe /T
start /wait tmp1.vbs
"C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\vpngui.exe"
  

I might be need both in different situation

Edited November 20, 201015 yr by gunsmokingman
Added Code Tags

Here try this script, I havnt coded in the exe stuff yet.

Save As WmiPing3.vbs

Dim Act :Set Act = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
Dim Wmi :Set Wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")
Dim C1, C2, Obj, Png
'-> Loop To Get User Input
    Do While Png = ""
'-> Inputbox To Get User Input
     Png = InputBox( _
      "Type in the IP Address or the Computer Name" & vbCrLf & _
      "that you want to run the Ping Command on." & vbCrLf & _
      "To do nothing type in either Exit Or Quit","Get IP Or Computer Name","",,475)
'-> Exit The Script And Do Nothing
     If InStr(1,Png,"exit",1) Or InStr(1,Png,"quit",1) Then
      WScript.Quit
     End If    
    Loop
'-> Start The Ping Loop
 PingLoop()
   Function PingLoop()
'-> Ping The Computer 
    For Each Obj In Wmi.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * From Win32_PingStatus where Address = '" & Png & "'")
     If IsNull(Obj.StatusCode) Or Obj.StatusCode <> 0 Then 
'-> Code Here If Computer Does Not Replies
      C1 = C1 + 1
      call ShowMessage(C1, "No Respond : ", "No Reply")
'-> Quit After 10 Tries
       If C1 = 10 Then 
        WScript.Quit
       End If 
     Else
'-> Code Here If Computer Replies
      C2 = C2 + 1
      call ShowMessage(C2, "Yes Respond : ", "Yes Reply")
     End If
    Next
    PingLoop()  
   End Function
'-> Function For Yes Responce Or No Responce From Ping
   Function ShowMessage(N, Tx1, Tx2)
'-> If No Button Is Press The Script 
'-> Stops For 15 Seconds, Then Continues
    If Act.Popup( _
     "Total Pings : " & N & vbcrlf & _
     Tx1 & Png & vbcrlf & _
     "To Exit Or Quit Press Yes", 5, Tx2, 4132) = 6 Then
     WScript.Quit 
    Else
     WScript.Sleep 10000
    End If 
   End Function

Here try this script, I havnt coded in the exe stuff yet.

Save As WmiPing3.vbs

Dim Act :Set Act = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
Dim Wmi :Set Wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")
Dim C1, C2, Obj, Png
'-> Loop To Get User Input
    Do While Png = ""
'-> Inputbox To Get User Input
     Png = InputBox( _
      "Type in the IP Address or the Computer Name" & vbCrLf & _
      "that you want to run the Ping Command on." & vbCrLf & _
      "To do nothing type in either Exit Or Quit","Get IP Or Computer Name","",,475)
'-> Exit The Script And Do Nothing
     If InStr(1,Png,"exit",1) Or InStr(1,Png,"quit",1) Then
      WScript.Quit
     End If    
    Loop
'-> Start The Ping Loop
 PingLoop()
   Function PingLoop()
'-> Ping The Computer 
    For Each Obj In Wmi.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * From Win32_PingStatus where Address = '" & Png & "'")
     If IsNull(Obj.StatusCode) Or Obj.StatusCode <> 0 Then 
'-> Code Here If Computer Does Not Replies
      C1 = C1 + 1
      call ShowMessage(C1, "No Respond : ", "No Reply")
'-> Quit After 10 Tries
       If C1 = 10 Then 
        WScript.Quit
       End If 
     Else
'-> Code Here If Computer Replies
      C2 = C2 + 1
      call ShowMessage(C2, "Yes Respond : ", "Yes Reply")
     End If
    Next
    PingLoop()  
   End Function
'-> Function For Yes Responce Or No Responce From Ping
   Function ShowMessage(N, Tx1, Tx2)
'-> If No Button Is Press The Script 
'-> Stops For 15 Seconds, Then Continues
    If Act.Popup( _
     "Total Pings : " & N & vbcrlf & _
     Tx1 & Png & vbcrlf & _
     "To Exit Or Quit Press Yes", 5, Tx2, 4132) = 6 Then
     WScript.Quit 
    Else
     WScript.Sleep 10000
    End If 
   End Function

thank you i will test it