>Here is a really quick and dirty way.
>
>* store results of ping in a text file
>run ping 142.233.121.1 > pingtest.txt
>
>* then read into a file using filetostr and look for "unreachable" or "request timed out" to designate a failure
>

Actually, I've already being doing it this way, I just didn't want to admit it.

Thanks,