What Is a Ping Test?
If the test is successful, youll receive echo responses which well describe how to interpret below.
There are specificping tools you could use for online grid troubleshooting.
Where the cursor is blinking, typepingfollowed by the website address.
To stop this on macOS, pressControl+C.
On Windows, pressCtrl+C.
On Windows, add-n [number]and on Mac, add-c [number].
Otherwise, it works just like pinging a website.
Typepingfollowed by the IP address and optionally set the number of requests.
While similar, these responses are slightly different on Windows versus Mac.
As long as you receive responses with these items, then your ping test is successful.
To view these options:
On Windows, enter the commandping /?.
On Mac, enter the commandman ping.
Youll then see a list of parameters with descriptions to help you understand which one you need.
