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.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

}