PowerShell/Docs/check-ping.md
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## The PowerShell Script: check-ping.ps1
This PowerShell script checks the ping latency from the local computer to some Internet hosts.
## Parameters
```powershell
check-ping.ps1 [[-hosts] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
-hosts <String>
Specifies the hosts to check, seperated by comma (default is: amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,facebook.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,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
```powershell
PS> ./check-ping
Ping is 25ms average, 13ms min, 109ms max.
```
## Notes
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
## Related Links
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
## Source Code
```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Checks the ping latency
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script checks the ping latency from the local computer to some Internet hosts.
.PARAMETER hosts
Specifies the hosts to check, seperated by comma (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 is 25ms 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 "⏳ Pinging $hosts..."
$HostsArray = $hosts.Split(",")
$Pings = Test-Connection -count 1 -computerName $HostsArray
[int]$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
"✅ Ping is $($Avg)ms average, $($Min)ms min, $($Max)ms max."
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}
```
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