In this post I will show how to ping a website in Mac OS X using terminal and network utility. The “Ping” command is generally used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer.

1. Ping a URL Using Mac Terminal

• Just goto Applications –> Utilities –> Terminal.
• Once the terminal window opens. Type the following command,
• Ping www.techpraveen.com

• Learn how to effective use Mac Terminal from this post,

              List Of 175 Mac OS X Terminal Commands

• That’s it

2. Ping a Website Using Network Utility

• Goto Applications –> Utilities –> Network Utility.
• Click  Ping tab.
• Type the website address to ping.

• You can find two options,

1. Send an unlimited number of Pings
2. Send only 5 pings. (You can change this no to anything).

• That’s it

Mac is really cool than any OS  ;)

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