Sorry for being a newbie . . . I am looking for source code for a program that does the following:

1. Pings SPECIFIC Multiples Hosts on a Network (IP or Name via DNS).
2. Then have the results of the pings (wether the machine is alive or not on the network) to a file.

I have a list of about 300 machines that are supposedly in our network and dont want to have to use Windows CMD prompt and enter each individually to find out if indeed they are. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

PS This does not have to be GUI. I just need o compile and execute. I will copy and paste the HOST names into the Source Code. Please help!

I would also be open to run on Linux if anyone can come up with code for that.