Network connectivity testing using ping command

Answer:

To test the network connection between your server and other place, such as google.com, you can use the ping command

# ping google.com
PING google.com (64.233.189.103) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from hkg01s01-in-f103.1e100.net (64.233.189.103)..
64 bytes from hkg01s01-in-f103.1e100.net (64.233.189.103)..
64 bytes from hkg01s01-in-f103.1e100.net (64.233.189.103)..
64 bytes from hkg01s01-in-f103.1e100.net (64.233.189.103)..
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Successful connection will return something similar to the above

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