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How do I ping my website via OSX?

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Art. Nr: 131  |  Rating: 4/5 from 946 votes  |  Last Updated: Fri, May 18, 2012

The process for performing a ping check within your Apple OSX environment is easy to do, and only takes a few moments. Please follow the methodical step-by-step directions outlined below for your convenience.

Performing the ping via the Apple OSX:

  • Login to your Apple OSX computer
  • Next, go to the "Applications" folder and click on the "Utilities" folder
  • Then, please click on the "Network Utility" and onto the "Ping" tab
  • From the "Ping" tab, you’ll be able to input the domain or IP
  • If successful, you should see a reply such as:

    PING domain.com (174.xx.xxx.xx): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 174.xx.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=12.548 ms
    64 bytes from 174.xx.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=11.239 ms
    64 bytes from 174.xx.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=19.059 ms
    64 bytes from 174.xx.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=22.861 ms

Performing the ping via Apple OSX SSH:

  • Login to your Apple OSX computer
  • Next, go to "Applications" and then onto "Utilities"
  • From the "Utilities" folder click on "Terminal"
  • Once terminal has opened, please type:

    # ping <IP-ADDRESS> or <DOMAIN-NAME>

  • If successful, you should get an output such as the following:

    PING domain.com (174.xx.xxx.xx): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 174.xx.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=12.548 ms
    64 bytes from 174.xx.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=11.239 ms
    64 bytes from 174.xx.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=19.059 ms
    64 bytes from 174.xx.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=22.861 ms

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Really helpful article for people with Mac computers which like to check if some host is online.

Posted by Damian - Wed, Jul 25th, 2012

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