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Powershell Ping script

I want to create a powershell script that will ping a range of IP's then out put the results. Here is the challenge, I want to know if it is possible to only have the output file contain the IP address of the servers that are reachable.

Below is the script I am working with, right now it does not output any results:

function ping-ip
{ param($ip)
$ping = New-Object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping #new ping 
$Reply = $ping.send($ip)          #send ping   
if ($Reply.Status -eq "Success")        #ping status
{  Write-Host "IP reachable: " $ip -ForeGroundColor "Green" #succeeded
} 
else 
{
Write-Host "IP not reachable: " $ip -ForeGroundColor "Red" #not reacheble 
}
}
0..255 | foreach { $ip = "10.224.129.$_" ; (ping-ip $ip) }

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Jack van Deur

Hi,

maybe this link can help you:

http://www.pluralsight-training.net/community/blogs/keith/archive/2007/01/22/45814.aspx

Kind regards,

JP

OTNAdmin

ASKER

I was able to get it working by just modifying the script see below, I got it to output to a txt file by changing it to write-output.

Now I have one last component I need help with. when I am pinging the subnet is there a way to omit a certain ip address from the loop?

function ping-ip
{ param($ip)
$ping = New-Object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping #new ping 
$Reply = $ping.send($ip)          		#send ping   
if ($Reply.Status -eq "Success")        #ping status
{  Write-Output $ip # -ForeGroundColor "Green" #succeeded
} 
else 
{
#Write-Host "IP not reachable: " $ip -ForeGroundColor "Red" #not reacheble 
}
}
0..255 | foreach { $ip = "10.224.129.$_" ; (ping-ip $ip) }

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wittyslogan

-exclude

OTNAdmin

ASKER

I am new to powershell can you assist in how I can add it to the following script? The IP i want to exclude is 10.224.129.103

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OTNAdmin

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thanks that worked