The BSonPosh module has a ton of stuff similar to this you could use as a starting point
http://bsonposh.codeplex.com/ Since it's a script module you can open them up and see how they work as well. On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:24 AM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote: > I’m looking for a ping tool that will ping a text file list of hostnames > and return the reply, IP address and the NetBIOS name. Here’s what I > currently have to do:**** > > ** ** > > Get list of machine names from AD, McAfee, or other systems. Ping the name > **** > > With the returned IP, do an NBTSTAT –A to check the NetBIOS name to see if > it matches the pinged host name**** > > ** ** > > I have to do this because frequently our VPN’d systems don’t have a > correct DNS entry, so some management software gets tripped up.**** > > ** ** > > I could do a search for free ping tools, but figured a query here might > save me time if someone has a tool they do that already meets this > requirement. Advanced IP scanner comes close, but only accepts IP’s and not > host names as what to ping.**** > > ** ** > > Ideally the output would be in a CSV format. I’m guessing PowerShell can > do this too?**** > > *David Lum* > Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 //* *Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
