<# .SYNOPSIS Checks the ping latency to selected Internet hosts .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script checks the ping latency from the local computer to selected Internet hosts. The hosts by default are: amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,facebook.com,google.com,live.com,twitter.com,youtube.com .PARAMETER hosts Specifies the hosts to check (separated by comma) .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-ping ✅ Ping is 25ms average (13ms min, 109ms max). .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$hosts = "amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,facebook.com,google.com,live.com,twitter.com,youtube.com") try { write-progress "Sending pings to $hosts..." $HostsArray = $hosts.Split(",") $Pings = Test-Connection -count 1 -computerName $HostsArray [int]$Min = 9999999 [int]$Max = 0 [int]$Avg = 0 foreach($Ping in $Pings) { if ($IsLinux) { [int]$Latency = $Ping.latency } else { [int]$Latency = $Ping.ResponseTime } if ($Latency -lt $Min) { $Min = $Latency } if ($Latency -gt $Max) { $Max = $Latency } $Avg += $Latency } $Avg /= $Pings.count "✅ Ping is $($Avg)ms average, $($Min)ms min, $($Max)ms max." exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }