➕ Get ping results as hash table

Author: SamErde

General/Get-PingResultsHashTable.ps1

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+function Get-PingResultsHashTable {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param (
+        # A server name or array of server names
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+        [string[]]
+        $ServerList
+    )
+
+    # Build an ordered hash table that has the server name as the key and the IP address [and any errors] as the value.
+    $Servers = [ordered]@{}
+    $ServerList | ForEach-Object {
+        $Results = Test-NetConnection $_ -InformationLevel Detailed
+        if ($Results.PingSucceeded) {
+            $Servers.Add( $Results.ComputerName, $($Results.ResolvedAddresses.Where(
+                        { $_.AddressFamily -eq 'InterNetwork' }).IPAddressToString) )
+        } else {
+            $Servers.Add( $Results.ComputerName, "$($Results.ResolvedAddresses.Where(
+                {$_.AddressFamily -eq 'InterNetwork'}).IPAddressToString): $($Error[0].Exception.Message)" )
+        }
+    }
+    $Servers
+}