PowerShell/Docs/check-ping.md

check-ping.ps1

This PowerShell script measures the ping roundtrip times from the local computer to 10 Internet servers.

Parameters

PS> ./check-ping.ps1 [[-hosts] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-hosts <String>
    Specifies the hosts to check, seperated by commata (default is: amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,facebook.com,github.com,google.com,live.com,twitter.com,youtube.com)
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,facebook.com,github.com,google.com,live.com,twitter.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

PS> ./check-ping.ps1
✅ Ping latency is 29ms average (13ms...109ms, 0 loss)

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Checks the ping latency 
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script measures the ping roundtrip times from the local computer to 10 Internet servers.
.PARAMETER hosts
	Specifies the hosts to check, seperated by commata (default is: amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,facebook.com,github.com,google.com,live.com,twitter.com,youtube.com)
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./check-ping.ps1
	✅ Ping latency is 29ms average (13ms...109ms, 0 loss)
.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,github.com,google.com,live.com,twitter.com,youtube.com")

try {
	Write-Host "✅ Ping latency is" -noNewline
	$hostsArray = $hosts.Split(",")
	$t = $hostsArray | foreach {
		(New-Object Net.NetworkInformation.Ping).SendPingAsync($_, 250)
	}
	[Threading.Tasks.Task]::WaitAll($t)
	[int]$min = 9999999
	[int]$max = [int]$avg = [int]$successCount = [int]$lossCount = 0
	foreach($ping in $t.Result) {
		if ($ping.Status -eq "Success") {
			[int]$latency = $ping.RoundtripTime
			if ($latency -lt $min) { $min = $Latency }
			if ($latency -gt $max) { $max = $Latency }
			$avg += $latency
			$successCount++
		} else {
			$lossCount++
		}
	}
	$avg /= $successCount
	Write-Host " $($avg)ms average ($($min)ms...$($max)ms, $lossCount loss)"
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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