what happened to network utility? How can I ping?

Does another program have the same capability?

Posted on Nov 6, 2022 6:47 PM

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Posted on Nov 6, 2022 8:12 PM

Network Utility had been retired a couple macOS releases ago, and, although you could find it with Spotlight, it didn’t function and instead referred you to Terminal commands.


To ping a host, just use this command:

ping example.com


If I remember correctly, Network Utility defaulted to 10 attempts. You can achieve the same behavior:

ping -c 10 example.com


Pro Tip: You can see see all available configuration options by typing in the Terminal:

ping --help
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Nov 6, 2022 8:12 PM in response to Jarmaracark

Network Utility had been retired a couple macOS releases ago, and, although you could find it with Spotlight, it didn’t function and instead referred you to Terminal commands.


To ping a host, just use this command:

ping example.com


If I remember correctly, Network Utility defaulted to 10 attempts. You can achieve the same behavior:

ping -c 10 example.com


Pro Tip: You can see see all available configuration options by typing in the Terminal:

ping --help

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