Source: https://gist.github.com/mbrownnycnyc/9913361
This is a very fast way to ping a server using PowerShell.
# with reference to http://theadminguy.com/2009/04/30/portscan-with-powershell/
2 function fastping{
3 [CmdletBinding()]
4 param(
5 [String]$computername = "127.0.0.1",
6 [int]$delay = 100
7 )
8
9 $ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping
10 # see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.networkinformation.ipstatus%28v=vs.110%29.aspx
11 try {
12 if ($ping.send($computername,$delay).status -ne "Success") {
13 return $false;
14 }
15 else {
16 return $true;
17 }
18 } catch {
19 return $false;
20 }
21 }