<# .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 #> $hostsArray = @('amnesiac','archlinux','berlin','boston','brother','canon','castor','cisco','echodot','epson','fedora','fireball','firewall','fritz.box','gassensor','gateway','hippo','heizung','homemanager','io','iphone','jarvis','jenkins','la','laptop','jupiter','mars','mercury','miami','mobile','ny','octopi','office','officepc','paris','pi','pixel-6a','pluto','printer','proxy','r2d2','raspberry','rocket','rome','router','server','shelly1','smartphone','smartwatch','soundbar','sunnyboy','surface','switch','tablet','tau','tolino','tv','ubuntu','vega','venus','xrx','zeus') # sorted alphabetically [int]$pingTimeout = 600 # ms try { Write-Progress "Sending pings to the local hosts..." $queue = [System.Collections.Queue]::new() foreach($hostname in $hostsArray) { $ping = [System.Net.Networkinformation.Ping]::new() $obj = @{ Host = $hostname; Ping = $ping; Async = $ping.SendPingAsync($hostname, $pingTimeout) } $queue.Enqueue($obj) } [string]$result = "" while ($queue.Count -gt 0) { $obj = $queue.Dequeue() try { if ($obj.Async.Wait($pingTimeout) -eq $true) { if ($obj.Async.Result.Status -ne "TimedOut") { $result += "$($obj.Host) " } continue } } catch { if ($obj.Async.IsCompleted -eq $true) { continue } } $queue.Enqueue($obj) } Write-Progress -completed "Done." Write-Host "✅ Up: $($result)" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }