Powershell snippets to test functionality of the test-NetConnection cmdlet.

Test-TestNetConnection.ps1

#Performs a simple Ping test to the default destination of internetbeacon.msedge.net
Test-NetConnection

#Performs a Ping test to google.com
$Ping = Test-NetConnection -ComputerName google.com | Select *

#Performs a Traceroute test to google.com
$TraceRt = Test-NetConnection -ComputerName google.com -TraceRoute
$TraceRt | Select *

#Performs a HTTP port test to google.com
$CommonTCP = Test-NetConnection -ComputerName google.com -CommonTCPPort HTTP
$CommonTCP | Select *

#Performs a TCP 443 port test to google.com
$TCP443 = Test-NetConnection -ComputerName google.com -Port 443
$TCP443 | Select *

#Tests the list of domains for a list of port responses
$TopDomains = @("facebook.com","twitter.com","google.com","youtube.com","wordpress.org","linkedin.com","wikipedia.org","bbc.co.uk","instagram.com","yahoo.com","wragg.io")
$PortList = @(80,443)

$TopDomains | ForEach-Object {
    
    $Domain = Test-NetConnection $_ | Select ComputerName,RemoteAddress,PingSucceeded
    $PortList | ForEach-Object {
        $PortResult = (Test-NetConnection $Domain.ComputerName -Port $_).TcpTestSucceeded
        $Domain | Add-Member –MemberType NoteProperty –Name "TCP$_" –Value $PortResult -Force
    }
    
    $Domain

} | FT

#Performs a traceroute against the list of domains
$TopDomains | ForEach-Object {
    Test-NetConnection $_ -TraceRoute
} | FT

#Funky version of ping with colour coded time results and -t option for constant ping and -d option for dots view
Function fping ($Dest, [Switch]$t, [switch]$d){
    
    Test-NetConnection $Dest

    Do {
        Write-Host "Pinging $Dest ..." -NoNewline
        $TimeTaken = (Measure-Command{$Test = Test-NetConnection $Dest}).Milliseconds

        $TimeColor = Switch ($TimeTaken)
        {
            {$_ -lt 150}{"Green"; break}
            {$_ -lt 350}{"Yellow"; break}
            {$_ -ge 350}{"Red"; break}
            default {"Gray"; break}
        }

        If ($Test.PingSucceeded -eq $True) {
           Switch ($d)
           {
               $true {Write-Host ("."*($timetaken/10)) -ForegroundColor $TimeColor}
               default {Write-Host " succeeded -- TimeTaken: $($TimeTaken)ms" -ForegroundColor $TimeColor}
           }
        }
        Start-Sleep 1 
    } Until ($t -eq $False)
}