So on pcs its quite easy to ping a url, You open up command (Start>Run>cmd) and type ping www.thewebsiteyouwanttoping.com and hit enter, but few people know how to ping a website on a mac. It is very easy, All you have to do is open your applications folder, Go to the Utilities folder towards the bottem of the list of apps, Then open "Network Utility" app. Now click on Ping on the top of the network utility, Then enter the url you want to ping and click on Ping. Simple as that.
Video Tutorial on how to ping websites on your mac OS X:
