<# .SYNOPSIS Checks the ping latency from the local computer to selected Internet hosts .DESCRIPTION This 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 ✔️ Average ping is 36ms 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 = $Avg / $Pings.count & "$PSScriptRoot/give-reply.ps1" "$($Avg)ms average ping time ($($Min)ms min, $($Max)ms max)" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))" exit 1 }