Test-PowerPing

1.3.1.0

Sends single pings (ICMP) asynchronously to devices to determine network accessibility. Returns simple ping results (Status,IPv4Address,DeviceName,Time) with status codes. Additional features: Address list generation, CIDR calculator, Range to CIDR conversion.

Minimum PowerShell version

5.1

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Install-Module -Name Test-PowerPing

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Copyright

(c) 2023 Hunter Hirsch. All rights reserved.

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Hunter Hirsch

Tags

Ping IPRange IPv4Ping IPv4 AddressRange Utilities Powershell Network Scan Asynchronous IPScan RangeScan CIDR CIDRCalculator Calculator SubnetCalculator RangetoCIDR

Functions

Test-PowerPing

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes


1.3.1.0 - Added Range to CIDR conversion - "ToCidr" parameter (Example 8)
           + Can convert range to CIDR
           + Can split range or provided CIDR to subnet blocks
           + FullCIDR switch to provide full conversion list with start/end ip splitting
         Added pipeline support (Example 9)
           + Pipeline support added for "Targets" parameter set
           + CIDR calculator ("Cidcalc") & CIDR conversion ("ToCidr") parameters supported
         Misc
           + removed character limits for Target parameter
           + Updated Help/Examples for new functionality
         **Last planned update**
           + Will work to address issues when discovered/reported

1.3.0.1 - Updated Output formatting using classes/format.ps1xml
           + Fixes issues with response filtering
           + Minimum Version updated to "5.1" for class support

1.3.0.0 - All multithreading/runspace functionality removed.
           + Updated address generation method using GetAddressBytes()
         Filtering fixes / updates:
           + Fixed issues with IPFilter parameter validation
           + Added filter support for individual CIDR blocks
           + Added filter support for saved site lists
           - Removed single octet filtering functionality
         Separated site management into function (Set-PowerIPSite)
           + ** ANY SAVED Site List(s) Will Need to be Recreated **
           + Consolidated Site lists to single variable, RangeList
         Removed BitMask minimum restrictions
           + CIDR/Netmask parameter sets no longer capped
         Updated import/target parameter validation
           + Excluded characters: "<>^`{|}
         Updated Help/Examples to reflect new functionality

1.2.0.1 - Added License. Added help links for IPStatus and Socket status codes

1.2.0.0 - Removed Runspaces for ping functionality
           + Replaced with .net collection queue management
       - Updated device filtering to include pattern matching
           + Parameter renamed "DevName" to avoid conflict with $env:ComputerName
       - Added full CIDR Support (0-7) for CidCalc

1.0.1.0 - added links, psgallery info

1.0 - Original - Ping (runspace method), Address List Generation (string method), CIDR (Subnet Min 8 for Calc/Address list generation).

** TBD **
- Cleanup/Refactor

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Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
1.3.1.0 (current version) 14 7/29/2024
1.3.0.1 30 1/16/2024
1.3.0.0 20 12/9/2023
1.2.0.1 22 10/3/2023
1.2.0.0 11 10/2/2023
1.0.1.0 10 9/18/2023
1.0 7 9/18/2023
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