Can someone help me write a *really* simple script

[Specop 007]

Ok, a scripter/coder I most certainly am not.
What i want is a script to ping an IP address once every X interval. 1 or 2 minutes with say 3 pings.

The idea is to use it to keep a timeout from kicking me off a network. I know how to make the .exe file and I know how to set it to ping an IP address, but how do I set an interval for it and then loop it back around?

Thanks.

 

[amdskip]

http://forums.cacti.net/about8497.html

or

http://www.google.com/search?q=ping+scr...client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US😱fficial

 

[xcript]

You could use a batch file.

@echo off
:start
@ping -n 3 [ip address]
@sleep 60
goto start

 

[BurnItDwn]

I assume you're talking about a korn shell script? (or bash if you're un Linux)

just do something like this ...

#!/bin/ksh
# sends 3 pings every 90 seconds
while [ true ]
do
ping -c 3 $HOSTNAME
sleep 90
done

Or if you want to do it all on one line, the ping utility by default will go on forever, and just set the interval higher ...

use

#sends 1 ping every 60 seconds
ping -i 60 $HOSTNAME

You should really specify what operating system this is for.
Also, this should probably be in a different forum. Maybe networking because ping is networking software, or maybe software, or maybe operating systems, as the ping utility and scripting language varies a lot between different OSes.

 

[iroast]

.exe? why not download one of the many utilities out there?

http://www.download.com/Axence-NetTools/3000-2085_4-10554115.html?tag=lst-2-1
http://www.download.com/BePing/3000-2085_4-10512543.html?tag=lst-2-7
http://www.download.com/PingSlinger/3000-2381_4-10508526.html?tag=lst-2-8
http://www.download.com/Ping-Master/3000-2085_4-10438037.html?tag=lst-2-5

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
You should really specify what operating system this is for.

Yeah. I assumed Windows since he mentioned `.exe file', but who knows. 😛

 

[EmperorIQ]

I'm thinking he's talkinga bout windows because he said that he knows how to make the .exe

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: xcript

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
You should really specify what operating system this is for.

Yeah. I assumed Windows since he mentioned `.exe file', but who knows. 😛

DOH .....
I see .exe and I just think "executable file, or binary file" .... not even realizing that he meant "file that ends with a dot exe extension"

Disreguard my post.

I have no idea how to do this in windows.

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: amdskip
http://forums.cacti.net/about8497.html

or

http://www.google.com/search?q=ping+scr...client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US😱fficial

What is this Cacti thing? Seperat program?

 

[Specop 007]

Sorry, yes Windows. And I meant .bat not .exe, whatever. I dont do PC's, I do phones and guns. 😱