batch coding help

[pierrehugo]

How would I go about checking if the internet is working on a PPPOE style connection, i would like somting like

if <ping to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx works> then, else

any help??

 

[mancombseepgood]

There are better ways, but you can do this:

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@echo off
ping x.x.x.x
if errorlevel 1 goto error

echo SUCCESS
goto end

:error
echo ERROR!

:end
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[mancombseepgood]

You might want to try using wget for windows instead - a command line utility for communicating on the web...

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm

Full instructions can be found here:
http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html

This is a pretty nifty little program...