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How to track internet speed test continuously using command prompt

I'm trying to test the internet speed packets, by pinging the IP. For example i'm typing in the command prompt


ping IP id -t


It states that i'm not doing it rightly. Can anyone please let me know, how to initiate this command?


Many thanks,

RK

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jul 10, 2020 1:24 PM

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Jul 10, 2020 1:45 PM in response to MYRKRISH1005

It's not really an "internet speed" test, MYRKRISH1005, but is does provide delay/latency and "number of hops" (sort of how many "switches" were traversed).


I simply use:

ping internet.address


Where "internet.address" is the name of the server you wish to ping (like www.apple.com ).


If you want to do anything "fancier" consult the "man" page:

man ping


(Incidentally. I use this command, now and then, as a simple way of checking for Domain Name Service [DNS] issues: it will tell me that the host name is unknown, if there's a DNS issue. [Yes. There are more direct means, but I simply keep this command in my Terminal history, as a simple check.])


It will continuously ping, until you type ^C (control-c).

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