<# .SYNOPSIS Checks the ping latency .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script checks the ping latency from the local computer to 9 popular 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 with 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 "⏳ Sending a ping to 9 popular hosts..." $HostsArray = $hosts.Split(",") $Pings = Test-Connection -computerName $HostsArray -count 1 [int]$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-Progress -Completed "." Write-Host "✅ Ping latency is $($Min)ms...$($Max)ms with $($Avg)ms average" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }