Ping Mac address - does that work?

To find out whether your network is working properly, you can ping your IP address. In this practical tip, we will tell you whether this also works with the Mac address.

Ping Mac address - does that work?

• If you want to find out whether your device can be reached in the network, you can ping the respective IP address.
• To do this, enter the command "ping" followed by the IP address and press [Enter].
• To find out which IP address has which Mac address, you can use the "arp -a" command.
• However, it is not possible to ping the Mac address under Windows because the Mac address is on a different level than the IP address.
• If you are using a Linux PC, you can use the free "arping" tool to ping the Mac address.

In our next practical tip we have all the information what a good ping is.