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powershell alert when ping time drops

Hi guys, we have a switching mechanism on our servers whereby the networks switch speeds varying on location. These times can vary but is it possible to email when the ping time drops, which would indicate the network switch. I have the following script below but doesnt seem to work correctly. also is it possible to loop until the condition is met

thanks

$ping = ping server
if ($ping -gt 1000)
{
Send-MailMessage -To user@company.com -From "user@company.com" -SmtpServer smtp.domain.com -Subject "Ready"
}

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cwstad2

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Hi guys, when its on one network it's ~ 800 ms and then on VPN < 100. Qlemo i changed it to less than 100 but it doesnt loop until this condition is met. can this contiunually loop until that condition is met?

thanks

Qlemo

'f course it is, but you didn't say that yet ;-)

while (!($Ping = Test-Connection -Count 1 -TTL 2000 -EA SilentlyContinue Server)
   -or $Ping.ResponseTime -gt 100)
{
  Start-Sleep -seconds 60
}
Send-MailMessage -To user@company.com -From "user@company.com" -SmtpServer smtp.domain.com -Subject "Ready"

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This will scan once every minute, until ping time is less or equal 100.

cwstad2

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thats great much appreciated