Ping host and get result for X hours

[antoniogemelli]

Hello, This is relate to my previous PostPing host from ip list with powershell

I need to use this script (if possible) to ping some hosts for X hours  for example each 5 minutes, and get result in a file,

Result file need to have date/time and if host is Up or Down

GC C:\Users\gemela\Desktop\Ping\hnames.txt | %{
If (Test-Connection $_ -Quiet -Count 2){
"$_ is UP"
}
Else{
"$_ is Down"
}
} | Out-File C:\Users\gemela\Desktop\Ping\ping_result.txt

Thanks

[LucD]

Try something like this

$duration = (New-TimeSpan -Hours 1).TotalSeconds

while($duration -gt 0){

    GC C:\Users\gemela\Desktop\Ping\hnames.txt | %{

        "$(Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd HH:ss') Host: $($_)  Up: $(Test-Connection -ComputerName $_ -Quiet -Count 2)" |

        Out-File -FilePath C:\Users\gemela\Desktop\Ping\ping_result.txt -Append

    }

    sleep (5 * 60)

    $duration -= (5 * 60)

}

[antoniogemelli]

Many thanks again LucD,

Script works well, I testing right now. :smileyhappy:

[antoniogemelli]

Hi LucD, Is possible to get also on the same script the ms (millisecond), how many packets transmitted (received, loss, time?) for each line?

[LucD]

Everything is posh-ible :smileygrin:

Try something like this

$duration = (New-TimeSpan -Hours 1).TotalSeconds

$pingCount = 5

while($duration -gt 0){

    GC C:\Users\gemela\Desktop\Ping\hnames.txt | %{

        $result = Test-Connection -ComputerName $_ -Count $pingCount -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

        "$(Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd HH:ss') Host: $($_)  " +

        "Avg Roundtrip: $([math]::Round(($result | Measure-Object -Property ResponseTime -Average | select -ExpandProperty Average),1))  " +

        "Sent: $pingCount  Received: $($result.Count) Lost: $($pingCount - $result.Count) " |

        Out-File -FilePath C:\Users\gemela\Desktop\Ping\ping_result.txt -Append

    }

    sleep (5 * 60)

    $duration -= (5 * 60)

}

[antoniogemelli]

Nothing impossible for you :smileyhappy:

It works, thanks a lot LucD.