How to Ping on Mac OS

Using Network Utility

1. 
   Open Spotlight

   

   . Click the Spotlight icon, which resembles a magnifying glass, in the top-right corner of the screen.
2. 
   Search for Network Utility. Type network utility into the Spotlight search box in the middle of the screen.
3. 
   Double-click Network Utility. It's below the Spotlight search box. Doing so will open the Network Utility app.
4. 
   Click Ping. This tab is at the top of the window.
5. 
   Enter an address. In the white text box at the top of the page, type in the address that you want to ping.

   1. For example, if you want to ping a specific computer, you would type in its IP address.
   2. To ping a website (e.g., Facebook), type in its address as follows: website.com (e.g., facebook.com).
6. 
   Select a specific number of pings if necessary. By default, your Mac will send pings until you close the Network Utility window. You can set it to ping your selected address a specific number of times by doing the following:

   1. Check the "Send only ___ pings" box.
   2. Type the number of pings you want to use into the blank box.
7. 
   Click Ping. It's a blue button on the right side of the page. Your Mac will begin pinging the address.
8. 
   Review the results. In the white pane at the bottom of the Network Utility window, you should see a list of ping results appearing. You can read these results to get an idea of the connection strength between your computer and the address you pinged:

   1. The "time=#ms" (where "#" is a number) tag refers to the number of milliseconds it took for the address to respond to your ping.
   2. The lower the number of milliseconds per ping, the stronger your connection to the computer or address you're pinging.