<link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css">
<script src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!------ Include the above in your HEAD tag ---------->
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function pingItjs(ipAddress) {
alert(ipAddress);
var ActiveXObject = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.CMD");
var wshShell = ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
wshShell.Run("cmd.exe /k ping " + ipAddress);
}
</script>
<a onClick='createFile()' href="javascript:pingItjs('172.17.100.3')">ping</a>