Check connection without "Test-Connection"

Question

I want program a script that check if the computer has Internet or not, and I'm thought in ipconfig, but I don't want specify if I'm connected with wifi, Ethernet, etc.

Can I use another command?

Answer 1

if you have powershell v3 at least you can une invoke-webrequest :

iwr "google.com" |select statuscode, statusdescription