# Can I do a ping from my iPhone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 14, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-do-a-ping-from-my-iphone/606176 "2011-12-14T15:34:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-do-a-ping-from-my-iphone/606176/1 "2011-12-14T15:34:38Z")
I want to ping a server from outside my company’s network. Can I do it with my iPhone? Googling turns up a million hits for the new ping function in iTunes (bastards!) that I can’t wade through. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-do-a-ping-from-my-iphone/606176/2 "2011-12-14T15:38:46Z")
> [@mack](#): > > I want to ping a server from outside my company’s network. Can I do it with my iPhone? Googling turns up a million hits for the new ping function in iTunes (bastards!) that I can’t wade through. Thanks! Maybe search the app store for a ping app. I have Android, so I can’t check myself. There’s several in the Android market, I’d be surprised if there isn’t at least one in the iOs market. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-do-a-ping-from-my-iphone/606176/3 "2011-12-14T16:17:09Z")
:smack: An app called ping? Who’d a thunk it? Got it, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-do-a-ping-from-my-iphone/606176/4 "2011-12-14T16:19:12Z")
I’d be mildly curious to see a tracert from a smartphone, just to see what the server names are. Jebus, I’m a geek. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-do-a-ping-from-my-iphone/606176/5 "2011-12-14T16:59:57Z")
On Android, you can download terminal emulator apps and use the command line. Is this possible on Iphone? Just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-do-a-ping-from-my-iphone/606176/6 "2011-12-14T17:34:30Z")
Detailed instructions here: > **[How to Ping Your Network From an iPhone | Techwalla](https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-ping-your-network-from-an-iphone)** > > How to Ping Your Network From an iPhone. Pinging is an essential tool that IT professionals use to test the presence of other devices on a network. Basically, download and use the “Network Ping Lite” (free app). It apparently has ping, ping subnet, tracert (so you can satisfy KneadToKnow’s inner geek), and telnet capability. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-do-a-ping-from-my-iphone/606176/7 "2011-12-14T19:08:04Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > On Android, you can download terminal emulator apps and use the command line. Is this possible on Iphone? Just wondering. That’s what I was looking for at first, and they do exist, but I couldn’t find one that didn’t cost more than I wanted to spend.