Batch Files - Using ping to test network connectivity

Question

Using a batch file would it be possible to do something like:

ping google.com

if return success do ECHO You are connected to the internet

else return

Answer 1

@echo off
echo Checking connection
ping -n 1 www.google.com >nul
if errorlevel 1 (
  cls
  echo Failed
  pause>nul
  exit
)

cls
echo Success!
pause>nul
exit