PowerShell/docs/ping-remote-hosts.md
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Script: *ping-remote-hosts.ps1*
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This PowerShell script measures the ping roundtrip times from the local computer to remote ones (10 Internet servers by default).
Parameters
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```powershell
PS> ./ping-remote-hosts.ps1 [[-hosts] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
-hosts <String>
Specifies the hosts to ping, seperated by commata (10 Internet servers by default)
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,github.com,google.com,ibm.com,live.com,meta.com,x.com,youtube.com
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
[<CommonParameters>]
This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
```
Example
-------
```powershell
PS> ./ping-remote-hosts.ps1
Online with 0/10 ping loss and 11...40ms latency - 18ms average
```
Notes
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Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
Related Links
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https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
Script Content
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```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Pings remote hosts to measure the latency
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script measures the ping roundtrip times from the local computer to remote ones (10 Internet servers by default).
.PARAMETER hosts
Specifies the hosts to ping, seperated by commata (10 Internet servers by default)
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./ping-remote-hosts.ps1
✅ Online with 0/10 ping loss and 11...40ms latency - 18ms average
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
param([string]$hosts = "bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,github.com,google.com,ibm.com,live.com,meta.com,x.com,youtube.com")
try {
$hostsArray = $hosts.Split(",")
$tasks = $hostsArray | foreach { (New-Object Net.NetworkInformation.Ping).SendPingAsync($_,1000) }
[int]$min = 9999999
[int]$max = [int]$avg = [int]$success = 0
[int]$total = $hostsArray.Count
[Threading.Tasks.Task]::WaitAll($tasks)
foreach($ping in $tasks.Result) {
if ($ping.Status -ne "Success") { continue }
$success++
[int]$latency = $ping.RoundtripTime
$avg += $latency
if ($latency -lt $min) { $min = $latency }
if ($latency -gt $max) { $max = $latency }
}
[int]$loss = $total - $success
if ($success -ne 0) {
$avg /= $success
Write-Host "✅ Online with $loss/$total ping loss and $($min)...$($max)ms latency - $($avg)ms average"
} else {
Write-Host "⚠️ Offline ($loss/$total ping loss)"
}
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}
```
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