<# .SYNOPSIS Checks the ping latency .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script checks the ping latency from the local computer to the given hosts. .PARAMETER hosts Specifies the hosts to check, seperated by commata (default is: amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,facebook.com,google.com,live.com,twitter.com,youtube.com) .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-ping ✅ Ping latency is 13ms...109ms, 25ms average. .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 "⏳ Pinging $hosts..." $HostsArray = $hosts.Split(",") $Pings = Test-Connection -computerName $HostsArray -count 1 Write-Progress "⏳ Calculating results..." [int]$Min = 9999999 [int]$Max = [int]$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 Write-Host "✅ Ping latency is $($Min)ms...$($Max)ms, $($Avg)ms average" Write-Progress -Completed " " exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }