René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Increase output detail of Test-Connection when performing a tcp connection test ","articleBody":"# Increase output detail of Test-Connection when performing a tcp connection test \r\n\r\nMy proposed change is to provide more detail when using `Test-Connection` cmdlet with the `-TCPPort` option. This would bring the command more in line with the classic `Test-NetConnection` cmdlet. \r\n\r\nCurrently, the returned value when performing this test is a boolean true / false. This provides some insight into if the connection was successful but not too much else. Here's an example output:\r\n\r\n    Test-Connection google.com -TCPPort 443\r\n\r\n    True\r\n\r\nMy proposed changes would provide more detail to the output. Here's an example of what that output might look like:\r\n\r\n    Test-Connection google.com -TCPPort 443\r\n\r\n    Source             : Jack-PC\r\n    SourceAddress      : 192.168.1.1\r\n    Destination        : google.com\r\n    DestinationAddress : 216.58.217.46\r\n    Port               : 443\r\n    Latency            : 16\r\n    TestResult         : Success\r\n\r\nTo provide the original behaviour, we can implement the existing -quiet option:\r\n\r\n    Test-Connection google.com -TCPPort 443 -Quiet\r\n\r\n    True\r\n\r\nIn my dayjob, I use the classic `Test-NetConnection` cmdlet all the time to troubleshoot network connectivity issues. I find the added output incredibly valuable. I believe this would increase the usability of this command by a fair bit.  \r\n\r\nI have forked the repository and have these changes implemented. However, before submitting any pull request I wanted to engage the community, as this is changing an existing implementation. \r\n\r\nPlease let me know what you think! I am new to this community, and would love any feedback of any kind :) \r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jackdcasey","@type":"Person","name":"jackdcasey"},"datePublished":"2019-12-27T05:27:36.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":33},"url":"https://github.com/11440/PowerShell/issues/11440"}