Update check-ping.ps1

Author: Markus Fleschutz

Scripts/check-ping.ps1

@@ -2,56 +2,41 @@
 .SYNOPSIS
 	Checks the ping latency 
 .DESCRIPTION
-	This PowerShell script checks the ping latency from the local computer to 9 popular hosts.
+	This PowerShell script checks the ping latency from the local computer to 10 popular hosts.
 .PARAMETER hosts
-	Specifies the hosts to check, seperated by commata (default is: amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,facebook.com,google.com,live.com,twitter.com,youtube.com)
+	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
-	✅ Ping latency is 13ms...109ms with 25ms average.
+	✅ Ping latency is 13ms...109ms with 25ms average
 .LINK
 	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
 .NOTES
 	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
 #>
 
-param([string]$hosts = "amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,facebook.com,google.com,live.com,twitter.com,youtube.com")
+param([string]$hosts = "amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,facebook.com,github.com,google.com,live.com,twitter.com,youtube.com")
 
 try {
-	Write-Progress "⏳ Sending pings to 9 popular hosts..."
+	Write-Host "✅ Ping latency is" -noNewline
 	$HostsArray = $hosts.Split(",")
-	if ($IsLinux) {
-		$t = $HostsArray | foreach {
-			(New-Object Net.NetworkInformation.Ping).SendPingAsync($_, 250)
-		}
-		[Threading.Tasks.Task]::WaitAll($t)
-		[int]$Min = 9999999
-		[int]$Max = [int]$Avg = [int]$Count = 0
-		foreach($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
-				$Count++
-			}
-		}
-		$Avg /= $Count
-	} else {
-		$Pings = Test-Connection -computerName $HostsArray -count 1
 
-		[int]$Min = 9999999
-		[int]$Max = [int]$Avg = 0
-		foreach($Ping in $Pings) {
-			if ($IsLinux) {	[int]$Latency = $Ping.latency } else { [int]$Latency = $Ping.ResponseTime }
+	$t = $HostsArray | foreach {
+		(New-Object Net.NetworkInformation.Ping).SendPingAsync($_, 250)
+	}
+	[Threading.Tasks.Task]::WaitAll($t)
+	[int]$Min = 9999999
+	[int]$Max = [int]$Avg = [int]$Count = 0
+	foreach($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
+			$Count++
 		}
-		$Avg /= $Pings.count
 	}
-
-	Write-Progress -Completed "."
-	Write-Host "✅ Ping latency is $($Min)ms...$($Max)ms with $($Avg)ms average"
+	$Avg /= $Count
+	Write-Host " $($Min)ms...$($Max)ms with $($Avg)ms average"
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"