Added New-IPRange

New-IPRange.ps1

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+function New-IPRange {
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Returns an array of IP Addresses based on a start and end address
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Returns an array of IP Addresses based on a start and end address
+
+.PARAMETER Start
+    Starting IP Address
+
+.PARAMETER End
+    Ending IP Address
+
+.PARAMETER Exclude
+    Exclude addresses with this final octet
+
+    Default excludes 0, 1, and 255
+
+    e.g. 5 excludes *.*.*.5
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    New-IPRange -Start 192.168.1.5 -End 192.168.20.254
+
+    Create an array from 192.168.1.5 to 192.168.20.254, excluding *.*.*.[0,1,255] (default exclusion)
+
+.NOTES
+    Source: Dr. Tobias Weltner, http://powershell.com/cs/media/p/9437.aspx
+
+.FUNCTIONALITY
+    Network
+#>
+[cmdletbinding()]
+param (
+    [parameter( Mandatory = $true,
+                Position = 0 )]
+    [System.Net.IPAddress]$Start,
+
+    [parameter( Mandatory = $true,
+                Position = 1)]
+    [System.Net.IPAddress]$End,
+
+    [int[]]$Exclude = @( 0, 1, 255 )
+)
+
+    #Provide verbose output.  Some oddities behind casting certain strings to IP.
+    #Example: [ipaddress]"192.168.20500"
+    Write-Verbose "Parsed Start as '$Start', End as '$End'"
+
+    $ip1 = $start.GetAddressBytes()
+    [Array]::Reverse($ip1)
+    $ip1 = ([System.Net.IPAddress]($ip1 -join '.')).Address
+
+    $ip2 = ($end).GetAddressBytes()
+    [Array]::Reverse($ip2)
+    $ip2 = ([System.Net.IPAddress]($ip2 -join '.')).Address
+
+    for ($x=$ip1; $x -le $ip2; $x++)
+    {
+        $ip = ([System.Net.IPAddress]$x).GetAddressBytes()
+        [Array]::Reverse($ip)
+        if($Exclude -notcontains $ip[3])
+        {
+            $ip -join '.'
+        }
+    }
+}