ActiveXperts Network Monitor

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NOTE: ActiveXperts Network Monitor ships with a large collection of PowerShell scripts to monitor any aspect of your network. Most PowerShell scripts also have a VBScript implementation. Download Now »

Ping check

You can use any of the Powershell programs below in ActiveXperts Network Monitor. Click here for an explanation about how to include scripts in ActiveXperts Network Monitor.

Example

#################################################################################
# ActiveXperts Network Monitor PowerShell script, © ActiveXperts Software B.V.
# For more information about ActiveXperts Network Monitor, visit the ActiveXperts 
# Network Monitor web site at http://www.activexperts.com
#################################################################################
# Script
#      Ping.ps1
# Description:
#     Ping a remote host. Ping is based on ActiveXperts ActiveSocket
# Parameters:
#     1) strHost  - Hostname or IP address of the computer you want to ping
#     2) nMaxTimeOut - Timeout in milliseconds
# Usage:
#     Ping.ps1 "" Timeout_MSecs
# Sample:
#     Ping.ps1 "www.activexperts.com" 160
#################################################################################

# Parameters
param
  (
    [string]$strHost,
    [int]$numMaxTimeOut
  )

cls

# Check paramters input
if( $strHost -eq "" -or $numMaxTimeOut -eq "" )
{
	$res = "UNCERTAIN: Invalid number of parameters - Usage: .\ping.ps1  Timeout_MSecs"
  echo $res
  exit
}

# Create ICMP object
$objIcmp = new-object -comobject ActiveXperts.Icmp
if( $objIcmp -eq $null )
  {
  	$res = "UNCERTAIN: Failed to load ActiveXperts.Icmp"
    echo $res
    exit
  }

# Ping
$objIcmp.Ping( $strHost, 3000 )   # Maximum. timeout: 3000 ms
if( $objIcmp.LastError -ne 0 )
  {
    $res = "UNCERTAIN: " + $objIcmp.GetErrorDescription( $objIcmp.LastError )
    echo $res
    exit
  }

# Check duration
if( $objIcmp.LastDuration -gt $numMaxTimeOut ) 
  {
    $res = "ERROR: Request from [" + $strHost + "] timed out, time=[" + $objIcmp.LastDuration + "ms] (>" + $numMaxTimeOut + "ms) DATA:" + $objIcmp.LastDuration
    echo $res
    exit
  }

$res  = "SUCCESS: Reply from " + $strHost + ", time=[" + $objIcmp.LastDuration + "ms], TTL=[" + $objIcmp.LastTTL + "] DATA:" + $objIcmp.LastDuration
echo $res
exit