Testing ipv4 connecting in powershell

So we often need to test an ip while automating,be it connecting to vmware vcenter or an esxi host. you can however use the test-connection

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C:\Users\batman> test-connection 11.73.111.51 Source Destination IPV4Address IPV6Address Bytes Time(ms) ------ ----------- ----------- ----------- ----- -------- INENAMBIG1L1C 11.73.111.51 32 149 INENAMBIG1L1C 11.73.111.51 32 153 INENAMBIG1L1C 11.73.111.51 32 151 INENAMBIG1L1C 11.73.111.51

The problem with this is that it takes a long time and if your intention is to just get an yes or no ($true or $false) kind of answer this is a waste of your time. So I just cooked up a tiny cookie for us.

1	function test_connection_ipv4($ipv4) { if (test-connection $ipv4 -Count 1 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue ) {$true} else {$false} }

It returns a boolean ($true or $false). If the ipv4 is good then it returns $true and else $false.