# 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}}`