In the previous tip we illustrated how WMI can ping computers with a predefined timeout. WMI can do more: it can ping multiple computers lightning fast even though the syntax is a bit awkward.
Here is how you can ping more than one computer:
# ping the specified servers with a given timeout (milliseconds) $TimeoutMillisec = 1000 Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_PingStatus -Filter "(Address='microsoft.com' or Address='r13-c14' or Address='google.com') and timeout=$TimeoutMillisec" | Select-Object -Property Address, StatusCode
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