Ping

Sends a series of packets over a network or the Internet to a specific computer in order to generate a response from that computer. The action may also retrieve the IP address of the target computer.

Parameters

IP address or host name Specifies the target host.
Number of echo requests Specifies the number of echo requests to send.
Time interval of each request Specifies the time interval of sending, in milliseconds.
Return average relay time into Specifies a variable for storing the relay time, in milliseconds.
Return IP address into (optional) Specifies a variable for storing the IP address of the target computer.
Return packet-loss rate into (optional) Specifies a variable for storing the packet-loss rate.

Notes

If the target host does not allow ICMP echo request, the ping will return nothing.

Under Windows 8 or later, you may need to playback the macro with Administrator right for the Ping action.

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