DNS Performance Test Script

This PowerShell script measures DNS query response times for a list of domains and outputs the results into a CSV file along with basic statistics.

📋 Table of Contents

• Parameters
• Installation
• Output
• Statistics
• Example
• License
• Author

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✅ Requirements

• PowerShell 5.1 or higher
• Read access to a text file containing the list of domains (default: Domains.txt)

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⚙️ Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$DnsServer	string	1.1.1.1	DNS server to query
$QueriesPerDomain	int	3	Number of queries per domain
$DomainsFile	string	Domains.txt	Path to the text file with domains
$ResultsFile	string	Results.csv	Path for the output CSV file

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📥 Installation

1. Download or copy the script into a .ps1 file.
2. Adjust the parameters (especially file paths) if necessary.
3. Create a Domains.txt file in the script directory and list the domains you want to test.

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▶️ Usage

.\v1

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📄 Output

• CSV file ($ResultsFile) with columns:

  • domain — the queried domain name
  • query — the iteration number of the query
  • response_ms — response time in milliseconds, or ERR if the query failed

• Console output showing each query result and final statistics.

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📊 Statistics

At the end of the script run, it prints:

• Average: average response time (ms)
• Shortest: fastest response time (ms)
• Longest: slowest response time (ms)

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📑 Example

# Content of Domains.txt:
example.com
microsoft.com

# Execute the script
.\v1.ps1

# Sample console output:
[example.com] Query 1: 23.45 ms
[example.com] Query 2: 22.87 ms
[example.com] Query 3: 24.12 ms
...
==== Stats ====
Average: 23.48 ms
Shortest: 22.87 ms
Longest: 24.12 ms

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📝 License

This script is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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👤 Contributors

• Julian Lechner - FrauJulian

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