ping

command network

Send ICMP echo requests to test network connectivity

Required Packages

sudo apt install -y iputils-ping

Options

Host *

IP address or hostname

Count (-c)

Stop after sending this many packets

Interval in seconds (-i)

Wait between each packet (default: 1)

Deadline in seconds (-w)

Timeout for entire ping command

Per-packet timeout (-W)

Time to wait for each response (seconds)

Packet size (-s)

Bytes (default: 56, max: 65507)

TTL (-t)

Set IP Time to Live

Source interface/address (-I)

Interface name or source IP address

Quiet output (-q) Quiet output (-q)

Only display summary at end

No DNS resolution (-n) No DNS resolution (-n)

Numeric output only — do not resolve hostnames

IP version

ping -c 4