Remote Access

[fireblade]

I need to "Ping" workstations in a file to see if they are awake and on LAN, what is the best way of doing this?

I currently just use a FileExist routine, but this is too slow, as more and more workstations are added to the domain.

All help and Ideas appreciated

[packetVB]

fireblade,

Im confused on what your trying to do.
You have a list of ip addresses in a file, and you need to ping each address to see if its there?
Or your checking a if a file exist over the network on each workstation??


packetvb

[fireblade]

Sorry...

I have a list of Workstation ID's, not IP Addresses. (simple .txt file).

I need to use this list to determine if the Workstation is "Alive" i.e. has network connectivity, I can then scan the workstation for specific software.

I currently do a simple FolderExist routine that looks for the WINNT folder... if this returns true, then the workstation is "Alive"

I can then look for the more specific packages.

The Problem is that this is very slow, and I have a huge number of machines to scan.

I hope this clarifies things a little.