In one of my previous articles I dedicated myself to the modern version of ping called Test-Connection. I recently discovered that the cmdlet in PowerShell Core 7 offers more parameters than in […]
PowerShell: Endless Ping with Test-Connection (Test-Endless)
If you look up how a ping can be done endlessly with Test-Connection, you will usually find solution with a while loop or something else complicated. The dilemma is that ping provides […]
PowerShell Function: Testing the Default Gateway with Test-Gateway
Sometimes it could happen that your computer lost connection to other hosts or the internet. What is the first you should do? For example, you could try to reach other hosts or […]
Find out whether a host is really down with Test-ConnectionLocalSubnet (ping,arp)
Is Ping a reliable way to check if a computer is available? Opinions differ … This blog post is all about ping and arp. Of course with PowerShell. The upcoming script could […]
Ping: Request timed out vs. Destination Host unreachable
Often executed – often not well interpreted. What is Ping? Ping is the network troubleshooting tool No. 1. Ping sends ICMP packets to an IP device. In the hope that the remote device responds. But what does the error code request timed out mean? And what means destination host is unreachable?
Ping: Allgemeiner Fehler
Was tun wenn Ping einen Allgemeinen Fehler auswirft? Eines der meist ausgeführten Befehlszeilen-Tools auf allen Plattformen ist der Befehl ping. Ping testet die Netzwerk-Konnektivität zwischen Systemen.



