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DOS Batch command to ping network IP

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Hey, I'm a complete noob to batch commands. I just found that they might be somewhat useful for some stuff I'm doing, so I thought I'd try them out.

Anyway, I've got a batch file that calls a program called Poweroff to turn on a pc on my network via WOL (wake on lan).

Here is the code:
CLS
@ECHO ON
poweroff wol -ip 192.168.0.3 -subnet 255.255.255.0 -mac 0xxxx00xxxxx
call wait 90
CLS
EXIT

As you can see, I'm calling a script called wait.bat, that simply pauses the script for 90 seconds to make sure the box has come out of hibernate before I continue processing commands. But I would like it to be more efficient. Rather than just waiting 90 seconds, and then continuing on, I would like to ping 192.168.0.3, and wait till there is a reply, and then go on. That way I can make sure the box is up before continuing.

Anyone know how to check the ping reply to make sure it is getting a reply before continuing on?
Thanks.

edit: I replaced the MAC address for security purposes.
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Re: DOS Batch command to ping network IP

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No ideas? Surely it's a simple solution. I've googled it to death but can't find anything. A batch command that could confirm whether a ping comes back successfully would be fairly useful, no? Say:

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PING 192.168.0.3
IF Reply {
do this
}
else {
do this
}
But how do I check for the reply, and pass it to the IF statement?
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>Surely it's a simple solution

I don't think so, I could only think of a way to get the status back using code i.e getProcessState. Unless someone knows better?
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Re: DOS Batch command to ping network IP

Well thanks for the reply anyway. I think I might have something figured out. As soon as I do, I'll update this thread.
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Re: DOS Batch command to ping network IP

If you do a ping -t 192.168....

Then it will continue pinging until you hit CTL C - you will therefore see when it comes up and continue when you are ready.
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If you do a ping -t 192.168....

Then it will continue pinging until you hit CTL C - you will therefore see when it comes up and continue when you are ready.
Yeah, that's great, except you can't do that in a batch script. Thanks for the idea though. I haven't had time to look further into this yet, but as soon as I do, I'll let you know how it goes.
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i suppose you could do it as a script instead of a batch file
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Yeah, that's great, except you can't do that in a batch script. Thanks for the idea though. I haven't had time to look further into this yet, but as soon as I do, I'll let you know how it goes.

Sorry I thought you saw it run, so you could cancel it
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That's ok. Yeah, if and when I do it, it will be going in the middle of the night. But as of right now, I've kind of had to put it on hold.
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Re: DOS Batch command to ping network IP

As it will run in middle of night, if it always works with 90 seconds delay then I would go with that.

Just had a thought - when it is up and running can you test for the exstance of a file (have a file used as a marker file that is never deleted) If so you just keep testing for it. Make sure you have an 8.3 name for it.
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