Simple ping command doesn't stop
Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:00
Sorry for asking so stupid question ... 
but I'm stuck with it.
I have a simple goal: put batch file in Windows Scheduler and run it every hour. The objective behind it is to keep firewall connection alive .. I expect that Scheduler will fire this batch, it'll run i.e. ping the system and exit. Simple as that ... BUT it doesn't work for me
So I wrote this simple line:
**
cmd /C ping -n 2 qwinXYZ
EXIT
**
I ran it on my XP machine and it worked fine i.e. it exited in a couple seconds. But actually I have to run it from my Windows 2008 R2 server. When I run the same batch from there ... it starts but never ends ... which is not OK for me.
What could be wrong and how could I fix this simple line to run ping command and exit?
thanks in advance.
but I'm stuck with it.I have a simple goal: put batch file in Windows Scheduler and run it every hour. The objective behind it is to keep firewall connection alive .. I expect that Scheduler will fire this batch, it'll run i.e. ping the system and exit. Simple as that ... BUT it doesn't work for me
So I wrote this simple line:
**
cmd /C ping -n 2 qwinXYZ
EXIT
**
I ran it on my XP machine and it worked fine i.e. it exited in a couple seconds. But actually I have to run it from my Windows 2008 R2 server. When I run the same batch from there ... it starts but never ends ... which is not OK for me.
What could be wrong and how could I fix this simple line to run ping command and exit?
thanks in advance.