Easy Packet Loss Tracker

Overview

This PowerShell script helps you monitor packet loss on your network by continuously pinging a specified target (website or IP address) and providing real-time updates on successful responses and timeouts.

Parameters

The script accepts the following parameters:

• -target: Specifies the target website or IP address to ping. Defaults to "google.com" if not specified.
• -count: Specifies the number of times to ping the target. Defaults to 900 if not specified.
• -OnFailure (scriptblock, optional): A script block to execute when a ping attempt fails (i.e., when a timeout occurs). This script block will be executed in the context of the script. If not provided, no action will be taken on failure.
• -LogFile: Specifies the log file path.

Usage

1. Download or clone the script to your local machine.
2. Open a PowerShell terminal.
3. Navigate to the directory where the script is located.
4. Run the script with optional parameters:

   .\packetloss_tester.ps1 -target "example.com" -count 1000 -OnFailure $failureAction
   

5. Log to a file with:

   .\packetloss_tester.ps1 -LogFile "C:\logs\packetloss.txt"
   
   

Output

Please see example_output.txt for a full example run.

At the end of the execution you will get a summary:

===== Zusammenfassung =====
From: 2025-03-10 10:11:42 || To: 2025-03-10 10:28:57
Total Packets sent: 900
Packet loss: 3.11%
Total timeouts: 28

== Alle Timeouts: =
[18/900] 2024-02-22 10:12:00
[29/900] 2024-02-22 10:12:15
...
[866/900] 2024-02-22 10:28:14
[867/900] 2024-02-22 10:28:19
===================