Windows Sandbox Connection Tester & Reboot

tstWan.ps1

# This will ping google to test for a WAN connection and reboot if it fails
# Workaround to my Windows Sandbox always losing network
# The weird logging to write-host/write-output is designed to be used with Windows task scheduler (interactive logon) or via console directly

$host.ui.RawUI.WindowTitle = "Network Checker"

Clear-Host
$dt = (get-date).toString()
Write-Host "Network Check Running. Logfile: C:\Users\$($env:username)\networkCheck.log"
Write-Output "[$dt] Network Check Running. Logfile: C:\Users\$($env:username)\networkCheck.log"  | Out-File -FilePath "C:\Users\$($env:username)\networkCheck.log" -Encoding utf8 -Append

Start-Sleep -Seconds 15 #If running as scheduled task, give Windows Sandbox some time to connect

while ($true) {
    
	$result = Test-Connection -ComputerName google.com -Count 1

	$dt = (get-date).toString()
	if ($result.Status -eq "Success") {
		Write-Host "[$dt] UP"
		#Write-Output "[$dt] UP" | Out-File -FilePath "C:\Users\$($env:username)\networkCheck.log" -Encoding utf8 -Append
	} else {
		Write-Host "[$dt] ERR - No Network Connection. Rebooting." 
		Write-Output "[$dt] ERR - No Network Connection. Rebooting." | Out-File -FilePath "C:\Users\$($env:username)\networkCheck.log" -Encoding utf8 -Append
		. shutdown -r -t 01
	}

    Start-Sleep -Seconds 60
}