Checking the stability and responsiveness of your network connection is vital. A tool that can help you with this is the continuous ping.
It allows you to monitor your connection over time and identify any issues that may arise with your network connection.
In this Knowledge base article, we will provide step-by-step instructions and images for performing a continuous ping on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
Step 1: Open Command Prompt
Press Win + R, type cmd, and press Enter to open the Command Prompt.
Step 2: Initiate Continuous Ping
In the Command Prompt, type the following command
When a response packet is received, the "ping" command displays relevant information on the screen such as the IP address of the computer being pinged,
the size of the response packet (in bytes), the response time in milliseconds, and the Time to Live (TTL).
Step 3: Stop Continuous Ping
To stop the continuous ping, press Ctrl + C. You'll see a summary of the results.
Step 1: Launch Terminal
Access Terminal via Spotlight (Cmd + Space and type "Terminal") or find it in Applications > Utilities.
Step 2: Commence Continuous Ping
Enter the following command
Continuous ping in MacOS to the IP address 172.217.3.142
On MacOS, you can redirect the standard output using the same process as you would in Linux or Windows.
On Linux, use the -c option to specify the number of echo request queries for a ping test.
Step 3: Cease Continuous Ping
To stop, press Ctrl + C. A summary of the ping results will be displayed.
Step 1: Access the terminal on your Ubuntu Linux distribution by using the key combination [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [T] (for GNOME and KDE environments)
Step 2: Start Input the ping command along with the destination computer's address in the command line, then verify by pressing [Enter].
To incorporate timestamp into the continuous ping issue, utilise the ping command with the -D option. This will result in each incoming response packet's output being preceded by a UNIX timestamp.
To avoid an endless ping in Linux, use the -c option to specify the ping quantity. For example
