<# .SYNOPSIS Pings local hosts .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script pings the computers in the local network and lists which one are up. .EXAMPLE PS> ./ping-local-hosts.ps1 ✅ Up: hippo jenkins01 jenkins02 rocket vega .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> $names = @('accesspoint','AD','AP','amnesiac','archlinux','auriga','berlin','boston','brother','canon','castor','cisco','echodot','epson','epson2550','epson2815','fedora','fireball','firewall','fritz.box','fritz!repeater','gassensor','gateway','hippo','heizung','hodor','homemanager','io','iphone','jarvis','jenkins','LA','laptop','linux','jupiter','mars','mercury','miami','mobile','none','none-1','none-2','NY','octo','office','officepc','paris','PI','pixel-6a','PC','pluto','printer','proxy','R2D2','raspberry','rocket','rome','router','sentinel','server','shelly','shelly1','smartphone','smartwatch','soundbar','sunnyboy','surface','switch','tablet','tau','tigercat','tolino','TV','ubuntu','vega','venus','xrx','zeus') # sorted alphabetically [int]$timeout = 600 # ms ping timeout try { Write-Progress "Sending pings to the local hosts..." $queue = [System.Collections.Queue]::new() foreach($name in $names) { $ping = [System.Net.Networkinformation.Ping]::new() $queue.Enqueue( @{Host=$name; Ping=$ping; Async=$ping.SendPingAsync($name, $timeout)} ) } $up = "" while ($queue.Count -gt 0) { $obj = $queue.Dequeue() try { if ($obj.Async.Wait($timeout)) { if ($obj.Async.Result.Status -ne "TimedOut") { $up += "$($obj.Host) " } continue } } catch { continue } $queue.Enqueue($obj) } Write-Progress -completed "done." Write-Host "✅ Up: $($up)" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }