Essential PowerShell

Chapter 16. Networking

In This Chapter:
Pinging Computers	295
Network Configuration	296
Name Resolution	299
Retrieving Files from an HTTP Server	300
E-Mail	302
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007	302
Internet Information Services	305

This chapter covers networking administrative tasks, including network configuration, name resolution, and the use of application-level networking protocols such as HTTP and SMTP.

This chapter also covers the administration of Exchange Server 2007 and Internet Information Server.

Pinging Computers

You can use the WMI class Win32_PingStatus to check the accessibility of a computer on your local network or the Internet:

Get-WmiObject Win32_PingStatus -filter "Address='www.Windows Scripting.de'" | select protocoladdress, statuscode, responsetime ...