Ping DHCP Range of IP Addresses with a Variable

# This Powershell script is used to ping a set range of IP address with a variable in the address.
#
# Based on the input the user will ping all IP addresses in the range of 10.2.X.200 through 10.2.X.210.
# This just happens to be the range of IP addresses we allow for DHCP at our locations.
# For my purposes at my workplace the Plant # corresponds to the 3rd byte of an IP Address (the variable here).
# This can be altered to fit your needs.
#
# This script is also written to be ran from a shortcut.

write-host "This Script will Ping IP Addresses .200 through .210
and look for connectivity at a given Plant." -BackgroundColor Gray -ForegroundColor Blue

write-host ""

$plant = Read-Host 'What Plant will we be testing? (Please enter a numeric value)'

write-host ""

$servers = "10.2.$plant.200","10.2.$plant.201","10.2.$plant.202","10.2.$plant.203","10.2.$plant.204","10.2.$plant.205","10.2.$plant.206","10.2.$plant.207","10.2.$plant.208","10.2.$plant.209","10.2.$plant.210"

Foreach($s in $servers)

{

  if(!(Test-Connection -Cn $s -BufferSize 16 -Count 1 -ea 0 -quiet))

  {

   write-host "Problem communicating with $s" -foregroundcolor "yellow"

     if(!(Test-Connection -Cn $s -BufferSize 16 -Count 1 -ea 0 -quiet))

      {write-host "No device detected at $s" -foregroundcolor "red"}

       ELSE {write-host "Resolved problem connecting to $s" -foregroundcolor "green"} #end if

   } # end if

   ELSE {write-host "Device successfully detected at $s" -foregroundcolor "green"} #end foreach

} # end foreach

write-host "End of Script." -BackgroundColor Black -ForegroundColor Black
Start-Sleep -s 10