Testing IP address validity in PowerShell

There may come a time when you want to test if an IP-address is valid or not. Here's a simple PowerShell function that will do just that and return true or false.

Function Test-IPAddress {

    [CmdletBinding()]

    Param (

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$True, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True, Position=0)]

        [String]$IPAddress

    )

   

    Begin {

    }

    Process {

        Return ($IPAddress -As [IPAddress]) -As [Bool]

    }

    End {

    }

}