<# .SYNOPSIS Pings a host .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script pings the given host. .PARAMETER hostname Specifies the hostname or IP address to ping (windows.com by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./ping-host.ps1 x.com ✅ x.com is up and running (11ms latency). .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$hostname = "windows.com") function GetPingLatency([string]$hostname) { $hostsArray = $hostname.Split(",") $tasks = $hostsArray | foreach { (New-Object Net.NetworkInformation.Ping).SendPingAsync($_,1500) } [Threading.Tasks.Task]::WaitAll($tasks) foreach($ping in $tasks.Result) { if ($ping.Status -eq "Success") { return $ping.RoundtripTime } } return 1500 } try { [int]$latency = GetPingLatency($hostname) if ($latency -eq 1500) { Write-Host "⚠️ Host '$hostname' doesn't respond - check the connection or maybe the host is down." exit 1 } Write-Host "✅ $hostname is up and running ($($latency)ms latency)." exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }