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Ping machines from list and update .txt file

Asked by: pnorris99

Hi Guys,

I need some help getting started with this, I have only just downloaded VB E 2008 and realised I cant update my old VB6 apps with it. So I need to start form scratch with this one.

I need a simple application to ping a list of machines listed in a .txt file, then update the .txt to file to state if ping was succesful or not.

I have got about 500 machines on a network at work and I want to see how many are left on through the night by running this, if they are on I will send a shutdown commmand. Before you ask they are not on a domain so I cant do this via a GP.

As always thanks for your help guys.

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2009-07-07 at 06:05:09ID24549318
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Answers

 

by: strickddPosted on 2009-07-07 at 07:06:24ID: 24794316

1) Use a stream reader to read your list of computers to ping
-- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yw67h925%28VS.80%29.aspx

2) Send a ping to the computer listed on each line as you loop through the stream reader
-- http://www.aspnettutorials.com/tutorials/network/net-ping-aspnet2-vb.aspx (vb example at the bottom)

3) Store the ping results for active computers to an arraylist (or text file and stream read again)

4) Loop through arraylist (or text file via stream reader) and send shutdown command.

 

by: grayePosted on 2009-07-13 at 13:10:41ID: 24843446

If you're interested in a complete example in VB.Net, take a look at the following:

http://www.emmet-gray.com/Programs/PCsOnline.zip

 

by: emresamisuzerPosted on 2009-07-20 at 03:17:14ID: 24893673

I have written a small program to like you need. I think it will help you... This won't update the text file but create an xml report about the ping results. You need to have a dataset also!

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<PingTest xmlns="http://tempuri.org/PingTest.xsd">
  <Pings>
    <Timestamp>2009-07-20T13:16:13.0986384+03:00</Timestamp>
    <Host>www.google.com</Host>
    <
Response>189</Response>
    <Status>true</Status>
  </Pings>
</PingTest>

Imports System.Net
Imports System.Net.NetworkInformation
Imports System.ComponentModel
 
Public Class Form1
 
    Private p As New Ping
    Private WithEvents workers As New List(Of BackgroundWorker)
    Private sets As New List(Of PingTest)
    Private hosts As New Hashtable
    Private cancel As Boolean = True
 
    Private Function PingIt(ByVal host As String) As PingReply
        Return p.Send(host)
    End Function
 
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim ofd As New OpenFileDialog
        ofd.Filter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt"
        If ofd.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
            If ofd.FileName.Length > 0 Then
                If ofd.FileName.EndsWith(".txt") Then
                    TextBox1.Text = ofd.FileName
                End If
            End If
        End If
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        Label3.Text = Now.ToString
        Button2.Enabled = False
        Button3.Enabled = Not Button2.Enabled
        cancel = False
        workers.Clear()
        sets.Clear()
        hosts.Clear()
        Try
            Dim hs() As String = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(TextBox1.Text).Split(vbLf)
            For h As Integer = 0 To hs.Length - 1
                If hs(h).Trim.Length > 0 Then
                    hosts.Add(h, hs(h).Trim)
                    workers.Add(New BackgroundWorker())
                    sets.Add(New PingTest)
                    AddHandler workers(h).DoWork, AddressOf DoJob
                    workers(h).RunWorkerAsync(New Object() {h})
                End If
            Next
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message)
            Button2.Enabled = True
            Button3.Enabled = Not Button2.Enabled
        End Try
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
        cancel = True
        Button2.Enabled = True
        Button3.Enabled = Not Button2.Enabled
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Button4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
        For s As Integer = 0 To sets.Count - 1
            sets(s).WriteXml(My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath & "\" & hosts(s) & ".xml")
        Next
        MsgBox("Exported")
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub DoJob(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs)
        While Not cancel
            Dim rep As PingReply = PingIt(hosts(e.Argument(0)))
            sets(e.Argument(0)).Pings.AddPingsRow(Now, hosts(e.Argument(0)), rep.RoundtripTime, rep.Status = IPStatus.Success)
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(NumericUpDown1.Value)
        End While
    End Sub
 
 
 
End Class

                                              
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by: pnorris99Posted on 2009-08-16 at 23:15:13ID: 31600566

Thanks guys

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