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How to test your network or server using ping in Terminal

The UNIX ping command lets you test network servers and latency. Here’s how to use it in the macOS Terminal app.

Terminal for macOS

The UNIX ping command is a tiny UNIX network tool that allows you to test your network, that of your ISP or organization, remote servers, and network latency.

ping is one of the oldest and simplest UNIX commands and is available in virtually all UNIX distributions, including macOS.

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