Powershell: ping multiple machines

 A simple powershell script to ping multiple IPs/Hostname

How to use

• Replace the value of the variable $variable (example: $variable = “ipaddress”,”hostname”,”computername”,”website”)

• Copy and paste the script in notepad and save with extension “.ps1”

• Run via the commandline in powershell

PS C:\Temp> .\ping.ps1

• Or you can right click the file and run by “Run with PowerShell”

The Code

$variable = "facebook.com","google.com","amazon.com","nba.com"

clear

Write-Host "Not Pingable does not mean site/computer is down. It could be that ping response is disabled.`r`n" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor blue

 foreach ($computer in $variable)

     {

     if (Test-Connection  $computer -Count 1 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue){

         Write-Host "$computer is " -nonewline

Write-Host "pingable" -foregroundcolor green

         }

     else{

         Write-Host "$computer is " -nonewline

Write-Host "not pingable" -foregroundcolor red

         }

     }

Sample Output