# ping
> send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
- Ping host
`ping {{host}}`
- Ping host limiting the number of packages to be send to four
`ping -c 4 {{host}}`
- Ping host, waiting for 0.5 s between each request (default is 1 s)
`ping -i 0.5 {{host}}`
- Ping host without trying to lookup symbolic names for addresses
`ping -n {{host}}`
