Help with a ping batch file please

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April 4th, 2012, 01:14 PM

NewAdminGuy

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Help with a ping batch file please

Hi,

I have this problem at work.

It looks like the connection to one of our servers is dropping out randomly.

I want to write a batch file to constantly ping the server address and output the results to a text file that includes a date stamp. I also need to see the cmd prompt open and looking like its working for my peace of mind.

I am on Windows Server 2000 and have tried the following:

:TOP

echo %time% >> C:\PingServer.txt

ping serveraddress >> C:\PingServer.txt

GOTO TOP

I have tried testing this on my laptop at home but nothing happens. Im running Windows 7 at home.

Thanks in advance

April 4th, 2012, 02:19 PM

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Code:

ping -t 192.168.1.1 << C:\pingout.txt

This might not display to the screen but your text file will continue to fill. You can run the above without running it as a script.

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April 4th, 2012, 02:55 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AdamPI

Code:

ping -t 192.168.1.1 << C:\pingout.txt

This might not display to the screen but your text file will continue to fill. You can run the above without running it as a script.

The file don't write on my machine. How do you write this in dos?

Thanks

April 4th, 2012, 06:31 PM

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This is in DOS, only the chevrons are the wrong way around:

Code:

ping -t 192.168.1.1 >> C:\pingout.txt

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April 5th, 2012, 02:06 AM

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Thanks for that. Sorry I missed it before as I was looking on my phone. Could you please tell me how to add a time stamp to each sent ping?

April 5th, 2012, 12:07 PM

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In that case you will need a script (Sorry about the backwards brackets.)

I'd suggest using Powershell, your script could look something like this:

Code:

$logs = "C:\pingDS.txt"
$wait = 10

while("true"){
    Get-Date | out-file "$logs" -append
    ping 127.0.0.1 | out-file "$logs" -append
    
    "Waiting $wait seconds"
    start-sleep -s $wait
}

wrote it quick and dirty, so it may need some polishing

April 5th, 2012, 04:03 PM

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Just FYI there are a bunch of available server monitoring applications both free and non-free. One of these apps may be better for you. Most include email notifications and such.

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Help with a ping batch file please

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