1. Procedure

Keeping a running ping going on your machine has multiple benefits but it doesn't show you what time the ping happened at. To add a time stamp to your pings, enter the following command in terminal:

*ping <IP Address> | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

# Quick Reference

Google:

*ping 8.8.8.8 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

CloudFlare:

*ping 1.1.1.1 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

Router:

*ping 172.16.18.1 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

Switches:

*ping 172.16.18.11 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

*ping 172.16.18.12 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

*ping 172.16.18.13 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

*ping 172.16.18.14 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

*ping 172.16.18.15 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

WLAN Controller:

*ping 172.16.18.20 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

WAPs:

*ping 172.16.18.21 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

*ping 172.16.18.22 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

*ping 172.16.18.23 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

*ping 172.16.18.24 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

*ping 172.16.18.25 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*

*ping 172.16.18.26 | while read pong; do echo "$(date): $pong"; done*