Mechanix2, I need some help creating an advanced ping batch file. What the batch file would do is this. A batch file running on server A would continously ping server B, when 10 pings (user definable) in a row to server B fail, I need it to execute a series of commands. They are: Execute (insert) registry file A stop service ABC start service ABC When server B is pingable again (10 successful pings) i'd then like it to: Execute (insert) registry file B stop service ABC start service ABC Then start backover again. The insertion of the registry key and the stopping and starting of a service I miht be able to figure out, but the ping portion I'm lost. Any help would be much appeciated. Thanks

This should work (just the ping part) ::----CODE---- @echo off set NrOfPings=10 set counterOK=0 set counterFailed=0 :Loop ping -n 1 127.0.0.0 >nul if errorlevel 1 (set /a counterOK=counterOK+1) else set /a CounterFailed=CounterFailed+1 echo Replies:%counterOK% Failed:%CounterFailed% if %counterOK% GEQ %NrOfPings% call :ExecuteOK if %counterFailed% GEQ %NrOfPings% call :ExecuteFailed goto Loop :ExecuteOK ::Reset counter set counterOK=0 echo Got 10 replies ::Execute your commands goto :eof :ExecuteFailed ::Reset counter set counterFailed=0 echo 10 pings failed ::Execute your commands goto :eof