How to Ping & Tracert from MAC Computer

How to Ping on a Mac Computer  

1)Click the Apple menu.Then Click on Finder in the dock.

2)

• Click on Macintosh HD in the window.
• Click on Applications.
• Click on Utilities.

 

3)Double-click on Network Utility. In the Network Utility window, click on the Ping tab.

Note:

• In the field under "Please enter the network address to ping," enter yahoo.com to ping Yahoo's domain servers.
• Click the Ping button.

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1)On the Toolbar, click Go and select Utilities folder from the menu.Double click the Network Utility icon.

 

  

2) Select the Ping tab.

Pinging via the Terminal applet:

You can also Ping from the Terminal applet.On the Toolbar, click Go and select Utilities folder from the menu.Double click the Terminal icon.

 

To ping a name address from the Terminal window, do the following:

[Computer:~] user%  =  Enter ping www.address.com 

  

[Computer:~] user%  =  Enter ping address 

Running a Traceroute from the Network Utility:

On the Toolbar, click Go and select Utilities folder from the menu. Double click the Network Utility icon. Note:  You can also run a trace route from the Terminal applet.

  

Select the Traceroute tab.