Batch ERRORLEVEL ping response

Question

I\'m trying to use a batch file to confirm a network connection using ping. I want to do batch run and then print if the ping was successful or not. The problem is that it a

Answer 1

The most simple solution to this I can think of:

set error=failure
ping racer -n 1 -w 100>nul 2>&1 && set error=success

Of course, -w needs to be adjusted if on a slow link (100ms might be too short over Dialup ;-))

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