Is there a PowerShell equivalent tracert that works in version 2?

Question

I'm using PSVersion 2.0 and I was wondering is there a equivalent to the traceroute for it?

I'm aware that on PowerShell v4 there is Test-NetConnection cmdlet to do tracert but v2?! It can be done like:

Test-NetConnection "IPaddress/HOSTaname" -TraceRoute

Thanks

Answer 1

As mentioned in the comment, you can make your own "poor-mans-PowerShell-tracert" by parsing the output from tracert.exe:

function Invoke-Tracert {
    param([string]$RemoteHost)

    tracert $RemoteHost |ForEach-Object{
        if($_.Trim() -match "Tracing route to .*") {
            Write-Host $_ -ForegroundColor Green
        } elseif ($_.Trim() -match "^\d{1,2}\s+") {
            $n,$a1,$a2,$a3,$target,$null = $_.Trim()-split"\s{2,}"
            $Properties = @{
                Hop    = $n;
                First  = $a1;
                Second = $a2;
                Third  = $a3;
                Node   = $target
            }
            New-Object psobject -Property $Properties
        }
    }
}

By default, powershell formats objects with 5 or more properties in a list, but you can get a tracert-like output with Format-Table:

Answer 2

Fixed a few bugs in " Mid-Waged-Mans-Tracert" Version, modularized it, and added some customization pieces. @MrPaulch had a great PoC.

function Invoke-Traceroute{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1)]
        [string]$Destination,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
        [int]$MaxTTL=16,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
        [bool]$Fragmentation=$false,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
        [bool]$VerboseOutput=$true,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
        [int]$Timeout=5000
    )

    $ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping
    $success = [System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPStatus]::Success
    $results = @()

    if($VerboseOutput){Write-Host "Tracing to $Destination"}
    for ($i=1; $i -le $MaxTTL; $i++) {
        $popt = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingOptions($i, $Fragmentation)   
        $reply = $ping.Send($Destination, $Timeout, [System.Text.Encoding]::Default.GetBytes("MESSAGE"), $popt)
        $addr = $reply.Address

        try{$dns = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByAddress($addr)}
        catch{$dns = "-"}

        $name = $dns.HostName

        $obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
        $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name hop -Value $i
        $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name address -Value $addr
        $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name dns_name -Value $name
        $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name latency -Value $reply.RoundTripTime

        if($VerboseOutput){Write-Host "Hop: $i`t= $addr`t($name)"}
        $results += $obj

        if($reply.Status -eq $success){break}
    }

    Return $results
}