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 Â 😉
