<# .SYNOPSIS Pings local hosts .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script pings well-known hostnames in the local network and lists which one up. .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-hosts.ps1 ✅ Up are: Hippo Jenkins01 Jenkins02 Rocket Vega .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> try { [string]$hosts = "Amnesiac,ArchLinux,Berlin,Boston,Brother,Canon,Castor,Cisco,EchoDot,Epson,Fedora,Fireball,Firewall,fritz.box,GasSensor,Gateway,Hippo,HomeManager,Io,iPhone,Jarvis,Jenkins01,Jenkins02,LA,Laptop,Jupiter,Mars,Mercury,Miami,Mobile,NY,OctoPi,Paris,Pixel-6a,Pluto,Printer,Proxy,R2D2,Raspberry,Rocket,Rome,Router,Server,Shelly1,SmartPhone,SmartWatch,Soundbar,Sunnyboy,Surface,Switch,Tablet,Tolino,TV,Ubuntu,Vega,Venus,XRX,Zeus" # sorted alphabetically [int]$timeout = 600 # milliseconds $hostsArray = $hosts.Split(",") $count = $hostsArray.Count Write-Progress "Sending pings to $count local hosts..." $queue = [System.Collections.Queue]::new() foreach($hostname in $hostsArray) { $ping = [System.Net.Networkinformation.Ping]::new() $object = @{ Host = $hostname; Ping = $ping; Async = $ping.SendPingAsync($hostname, $timeout) } $queue.Enqueue($object) } [string]$result = "" while ($queue.Count -gt 0) { $object = $queue.Dequeue() try { if ($object.Async.Wait($timeout) -eq $true) { if ($object.Async.Result.Status -ne "TimedOut") { $result += "$($object.Host) " } continue } } catch { if ($object.Async.IsCompleted -eq $true) { continue } } $queue.Enqueue($object) } Write-Progress -completed "Done." Write-Host "✅ Up are: $result" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }