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 $deviceNames = Get-Content "devices.txt"  $results = @()  foreach ($name in $deviceNames) {   $status = "Unknown"      try {     # Attempt to resolve DNS     [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry($name)     $status = "Resolving..."          # Check if device pings (up to 4 attempts with 1 second timeout)     if (Test-Connect..."

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Created page with "Category:Powershell Category:Weblog-2026-08 Provide a list of IP addresses, run the script. Checks DNS and outputs a results file. =Code= <pre> $deviceNames = Get-Content "devices.txt" $results = @() foreach ($name in $deviceNames) { $status = "Unknown" try { # Attempt to resolve DNS [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry($name) $status = "Resolving..." # Check if device pings (up to 4 attempts with 1 second timeout) if (Test-Connect..."

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Provide a list of IP addresses, run the script. Checks DNS and outputs a results file.

=Code=
<pre>
$deviceNames = Get-Content "devices.txt"

$results = @()

foreach ($name in $deviceNames) {
$status = "Unknown"

try {
# Attempt to resolve DNS
[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry($name)
$status = "Resolving..."

# Check if device pings (up to 4 attempts with 1 second timeout)
if (Test-Connection -ComputerName $name -Count 1 -Quiet) {
$status = "Up"
} else {
$status = "Down"
}
} catch {
# Handle DNS resolution failure
$status = "NO DNS"
}

# Create a custom object for each device
$result = New-Object PSObject -Property @{
Name = $name
Status = $status
}

# Add object to results array
$results += $result
}

# Export results to CSV
$results | Export-Csv -Path "results.csv" -NoTypeInformation -Force

Write-Host "Results exported to 'results.csv'"
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