{"id":1986,"date":"2016-02-02T10:53:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T05:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2016-02-01T11:35:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T06:05:49","slug":"check-internet-connection-using-a-simple-app-on-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/check-internet-connection-using-a-simple-app-on-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Internet connection using a simple app on MAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1988\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1988\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1988\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/check-internet-connection-using-a-simple-app-on-mac\/iconping-screenshot-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/iconping-screenshot-2.png?fit=217%2C120\" data-orig-size=\"217,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"iconping-screenshot-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/iconping-screenshot-2.png?fit=217%2C120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1988\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/iconping-screenshot-2.png?resize=217%2C120\" alt=\"iconping-screenshot-2\" width=\"217\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>Many times I end using a computer in places with a poor or erratic wifi connection, so while I&#8217;m surfing the web, checking my email, or writing a message, if something does not work as expected I&#8217;m not sure if the problem is my Internet connection or a specific web site.<\/p>\n<p>To check Internet is working or not we have to open Terminal application in OSX and check with a ping 8.8.8.8 command if everything is working well at least at the basic level. You can avoid this by using a simple MAC app called Icon Ping.<\/p>\n<p>The world icon will change color accordingly to the state of the connection:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Green if we receive pong packets back from 8.8.8.8. Connection OK.<\/li>\n<li>Yellow if we receive pong packets, but with a delay that is greater than 300 milliseconds. Connection Slow.<\/li>\n<li>Red if we don&#8217;t receive pong packets for three seconds or more. Connection not working.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The application almost has no user interface at all, if not for a tiny menu used to quit the application or to set it to automatically restart at the next reboot.<\/p>\n<p>Its a open source app so you can change things if you like. Try out this tiny wonderful app today by <a href=\"http:\/\/antirez.com\/iconping\/iconping-1.02.app.dmg\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here to download.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many times I end using a computer in places with a poor or erratic wifi connection, so while I&#8217;m surfing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[284,286,285],"class_list":["post-1986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-app","category-article","tag-check-connection","tag-icon-ping","tag-internet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgLsB5-w2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3739,"url":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/tap-to-ping-swipe-to-move-find-exit-avoid-ghost\/","url_meta":{"origin":1986,"position":0},"title":"Tap to ping. 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