Vista - Setting properties of WMI objects prior to executing a method

Hi

I have a simple script that provides a very fast ping response if machines
are "alive" and reports them as available using WMI. My only issue is that
some hosts are sometimes reported as unavailable even though they are
available. What I believe I need to do is extend the timeout of the WMI
Win32_PingStatus. Here is my script (Filename : Png.ps1):

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
param($Hostname)

Switch($Hostname)
{
""
{(new-object -comobject wscript.shell).popup(" `_
Syntax is : `"Png <Hostname / IP>`"`r`n E.g. `"Png PC1`" or `"Png
192.168.1.1`" `_
`r`n`r`nPress OK to exit.",0,"Error",1); Break}

default
{
If(((gwmi Win32_PingStatus -Filter "Address='$Hostname'").StatusCode) -eq
0)
{
write-host -ForegroundColor GREEN $Hostname" - AVAILABLE"
}
Else
{
write-host -ForegroundColor RED $Hostname" - UNAVAILABLE"
}
}
}
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Using WMI Explorer from Sapien technologies
(http://www.primalscript.com/freetools/) I can see the Win32_PingStatus has a
Timeout property but how do I set that prior to it running? I have had
several attempts but can't figure it out.

Up for the challenge?
Thanks if you are !

try

$ping = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_PingStatus -Filter "Address='127.0.0.1'
and Timeout=3000"

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"Andy Webster" <AndyWebster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:25FC9523-04B1-4BD9-88F5-684D7914171A@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> I have a simple script that provides a very fast ping response if machines
> are "alive" and reports them as available using WMI. My only issue is that
> some hosts are sometimes reported as unavailable even though they are
> available. What I believe I need to do is extend the timeout of the WMI
> Win32_PingStatus. Here is my script (Filename : Png.ps1):
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> param($Hostname)
>
> Switch($Hostname)
> {
> ""
> {(new-object -comobject wscript.shell).popup(" `_
> Syntax is : `"Png <Hostname / IP>`"`r`n E.g. `"Png PC1`" or `"Png
> 192.168.1.1`" `_
> `r`n`r`nPress OK to exit.",0,"Error",1); Break}
>
> default
> {
> If(((gwmi Win32_PingStatus -Filter "Address='$Hostname'").StatusCode) -eq
> 0)
> {
> write-host -ForegroundColor GREEN $Hostname" - AVAILABLE"
> }
> Else
> {
> write-host -ForegroundColor RED $Hostname" - UNAVAILABLE"
> }
> }
> }
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> Using WMI Explorer from Sapien technologies
> (http://www.primalscript.com/freetools/) I can see the Win32_PingStatus
> has a
> Timeout property but how do I set that prior to it running? I have had
> several attempts but can't figure it out.
>
> Up for the challenge?
> Thanks if you are !

Thanks once again for a quick response, so simple when you know how