*check-ping.ps1*
================

This PowerShell script measures the ping roundtrip times from the local computer to other computers (10 Internet servers by default).

Parameters
----------
```powershell
PS> ./check-ping.ps1 [[-hosts] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-hosts <String>
    Specifies the hosts to check, seperated by commata (default is: amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,github.com,google.com,live.com,meta.com,x.com,youtube.com)
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,github.com,google.com,ibm.com,live.com,meta.com,x.com,youtube.com
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
```

Example
-------
```powershell
PS> ./check-ping.ps1
✅ Online with 18ms latency average (13ms...109ms, 0/10 ping loss)

```

Notes
-----
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links
-------------
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content
--------------
```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Checks the ping latency 
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script measures the ping roundtrip times from the local computer to other computers (10 Internet servers by default).
.PARAMETER hosts
	Specifies the hosts to check, seperated by commata (default is: amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,github.com,google.com,live.com,meta.com,x.com,youtube.com)
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./check-ping.ps1
	✅ Online with 18ms latency average (13ms...109ms, 0/10 ping loss)
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$hosts = "bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,github.com,google.com,ibm.com,live.com,meta.com,x.com,youtube.com")

try {
	$hostsArray = $hosts.Split(",")
	$parallelTasks = $hostsArray | foreach {
		(New-Object Net.NetworkInformation.Ping).SendPingAsync($_, 500)
	}
	[int]$min = 9999999
	[int]$max = [int]$avg = [int]$successCount = [int]$lossCount = 0
	[int]$totalCount = $hostsArray.Count
	[Threading.Tasks.Task]::WaitAll($parallelTasks)
	foreach($ping in $parallelTasks.Result) {
		if ($ping.Status -eq "Success") {
			[int]$latency = $ping.RoundtripTime
			if ($latency -lt $min) { $min = $latency }
			if ($latency -gt $max) { $max = $latency }
			$avg += $latency
			$successCount++
		} else {
			$lossCount++
		}
	}
	if ($successCount -ne 0) {
		$avg /= $successCount
		Write-Host "✅ Online with $($avg)ms latency average ($($min)ms...$($max)ms, $lossCount/$totalCount ping loss)"
	} else {
		Write-Host "⚠️ Offline ($lossCount/$totalCount ping loss)"
	}
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}
```

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