howto: Ping remote host using PowerShell script

If you want to check availablity of some remote host in your powershell script you can use next simple piece of code to do exactly this:$MachineName = “mo-laptop”

$PingStatus = Gwmi Win32_PingStatus -Filter “Address =’$MachineName’” | Select-Object StatusCode

if($PingStatus.StatusCode -eq 0)

{

echo $MachineName

echo “Ping Success”

}

else

{

echo $MachineName

echo “Ping Failed”

}