Help needed writing batch script!

You could do something like this but there are many variations on this theme so explaining just what your objective is remains the best policy -

This code inspects the ping response for "TTL", a term that you will see only in successful ping responses, and then goes to the Connected label if it is successful.
The line beginning ::::: is an alternative that takes the opposite view - it goes to Disconnected if the ping fails. I have written the whole lot so you can choose whichever of those lines you want without having to change any of the rest. Just move the ::::: from one of these lines to the other to compare their performance.
You would enter the IP address you want where I have written 8.8.8.8 and write your own actions where I have written, "pause during ..."

Code:

ping -n 1 8.8.8.8 | findstr TTL && goto Connected
::::: ping -n 1 8.8.8.8 | findstr TTL || goto Disconnected
:Disconnected
pause during Disconnected
GoTo EndWWWCheck
:Connected
pause during Connected
GoTo EndWWWCheck
:EndWWWCheck
pause at EndWWWCheck during testing

Denis

This may be better achieved in PowerShell using something like the test connection command, I'm sure some of the folks that know about PowerShell may be able to expand on that.

Britton,

- If you explain just what you are trying to achieve, people will be able to provide better assistance.
- Just by way of example, I would not use the script I posted for you because it does not suit my circumstances. One of the networks I use blocks all "ICMP" traffic, which includes both pinging & the PowerShell script linked to above, so I have had to adopt a different solution.
- You can check your version of PowerShell by entering this command in a PowerShell window [the answer will be version 5.1] $PSversionTable
- The PS version 5.1 script guidance for the test connection command linked to above is https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/pow...powershell-5.1

Denis