I'm working with a script that pings a range of IP addresses from 10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.254. The goal is to report the available hosts, but I'm running into an issue. Currently, the output shows "available" even for unreachable hosts. I want to include responses like "Reply from 10.1.1.55: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=53" but exclude any lines that say "Destination host unreachable." How can I modify my script to filter those out? Here's what I have so far:
```powershell
$iprange = 1..254
Foreach ($ip in $iprange)
{
$computer = "10.1.1.$ip"
$status = Test-Connection $computer -count 1 -Quiet
if (!$status)
{
$computer + " - available"
}
}
```
2 Answers
Honestly, none of those commands support the Quiet parameter! But you can use `Test-NetConnection -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue` and look at the `PingSucceeded` attribute to see if your pings are successful. Also, record the output and do what you need with it!
You might want to try using `Test-NetConnection -Quiet`. It can handle that filtering better. Just check out the [PowerShell documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/nettcpip/test-netconnection?view=windowsserver2025-ps) for more details!
Actually, `Test-Connection` does have a -Quiet option, but it's listed under `-InformationLevel Quiet` in the manual. So it's okay to shorten it to just `-Quiet`.