The following script will ping your network and write the status of each IP address to a csv file.

Scanning the IP addresses from 1 to 254

$range = 1..254

On the address range 192.168.1.0/24

$address = “192.168.1.$_”

I used the Test-Connection cmdlet to ping the IP addresses. Here I’m sending 2 pings.

Ping = Test-Connection $address -Quiet -Count 2

I’m sending the result to a csv file using Out-File cmdlet.

Out-File D:\Tech\IpscanResult.csv

I also added a progress bar using Write-Progress cmdlet (Thanks to Bill Stewart)

Write-Progress “Scanning Network” $address -PercentComplete (($_/$range.Count)*100)

 

Here is the full script:

$range = 1..254

$range | ForEach-Object {

  $address = “192.168.1.$_”

  Write-Progress “Scanning Network” $address -PercentComplete (($_/$range.Count)*100)

  New-Object PSObject -Property @{

    Address = $address

    Ping = Test-Connection $address -Quiet -Count 2

  }

} | Out-File D:\Tech\IpscanResult.csv

 

Script running:

CSV result:

Enjoy 😉