Copy and paste below into a batch file, e.g. “test-ping.cmd”
Edit the Address value to the host you want to ping

@echo off
: Gerard ORourke
: simple PING with Timestamp

set ADDRESS=127.0.0.1
Set COUNT=60
set FILENAME=Output-PING.txt

echo Ping Started. Pinging Address: %ADDRESS%
echo Please Check Output File %FILENAME% to confirm Ping test is OK

:start
echo. >> %FILENAME%%
echo *********************>> %FILENAME%%
echo %date% >> %FILENAME%% 
echo %time% >> %FILENAME%% 
ping %ADDRESS% -n %COUNT% >> %FILENAME%% 

goto start