Hi all, I have a problem creating a batch file that allows me to test that a link is up. This is what i have so far, i'm a beginner to this, so this may seem a little over the top: @echo OFF title Server test echo. echo This program will ping each server in turn and display the results echo. pause cls echo. echo *********************************** echo ** Server: intranet ** echo *********************************** ping -n 1 10.0.0.1 > null if errorlevel 1 echo intranet (10.0.0.1) Not Responding if errorlevel 0 echo intranet (10.0.0.1) All OK pause ----------------------- echo. echo *********************************** echo ** Server: testing ** echo *********************************** ping -n 1 10.0.0.87 > NULL if errorlevel 1 echo testing (10.0.0.87) Not Responding if errorlevel 0 echo testing (10.0.0.87) All OK pause ------------------------ echo. echo *********************************** echo ** Server: file server ** echo *********************************** ping -n 1 10.0.0.5 > NULL if errorlevel 1 echo file server (10.0.0.5) Not Responding if errorlevel 0 echo file server (10.0.0.5) All OK pause ------------------------ echo. cls echo. echo. echo Server check complete! echo. This works OK if the link is up, but if its down it displays both messages saying that it is "not resonding", and "all ok" see below for results: *********************************** ** Server: intranet ** *********************************** intranet (10.0.0.1) All OK Press any key to continue . . . ------ *********************************** ** Server: testing ** *********************************** testing (10.0.0.87) Not Responding testing (10.0.0.87) All OK Press any key to continue . . . ------ *********************************** ** Server: file server ** *********************************** file server (10.0.0.5) All OK Press any key to continue . . . can anyone tell me a way of getting round this. any help would be appreciated

Hi heardy, You're prety close. The gotcha is that the errorlevel test evals true if the value is equal OR MORE. So you need to modify this block: ::** if errorlevel 1 echo intranet (10.0.0.1) Not Responding if errorlevel 0 echo intranet (10.0.0.1) All OK pause ::** like so: ::** goto %errorlevel% :1 echo no good msg goto :ENDtest :0 echo OK msg :ENDtest pause ::** HTH M2

Hi Mechanix2Go Thanx for that it worked a treat! You're a star!!