FastPing

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development

Synopsis

FastPing is a PowerShell Module that can help speed up ping requests against a fleet of target hosts.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Windows PowerShell 5.1 or greater, or
• PowerShell Core

Installing FastPing via PowerShell Gallery

Install-Module -Name 'FastPing' -Scope 'CurrentUser'

Quick Start

Invoke-FastPing

# Ping 1.1.1.1 using the function name
Invoke-FastPing -HostName '1.1.1.1'

# Ping 1.1.1.1 using the fp alias
fp 1.1.1.1

# Ping some DNS resolvers using the fp alias
fp 1.1.1.1,1.0.0.1,8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4

# Ping some DNS resolvers using the fp alias using 50 pings per host
fp 1.1.1.1,1.0.0.1,8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4 -Count 50

Invoke-PingSweep

# Ping a range of IP Addresses using the function name
Invoke-PingSweep -StartIP '1.1.1.1' -EndIP '1.1.1.5'

# Ping a range of IP Addresses using the psweep alias
psweep -StartIP '1.1.1.1' -EndIP '1.1.1.5'

# Ping a range of IP Addresses using the psweep alias and subnet calculations
psweep -IPAddress '1.1.1.1' -SubnetMask '255.255.255.252'

Author

Andrew Pearce - https://andrewpearce.io

Contributors

Jake Morrison - CI/CD standardization work Chris Dent - Network Calculation PowerShell code from the Indented.Net.IP PowerShel Module. Source code.