How to check internet connectivity in Linux machine via terminal

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I set up a Linux environment in my windows machine via VMware. But once I've opened the firefox browser and tried to open google, got the error server not found. Not sure if my internet is working or not?

Can anyone tell me, how to check the internet is working in my Linux machine or not via Linux terminal?

You probably want to ask such questions/search for answers on https://superuser.com/ — NadavS, May 02 '20 at 08:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 02 '20 at 08:10

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I like to just paste ping 8.8.8.8 in the terminal. If I get a reply internet is probably working. Next step is to ping google.com to see if my DNS is working.

answered May 02 '20 at 08:10

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when I ran `ping google.com` i got error `ping: unknown host google.com` – Anshita Singh May 02 '20 at 08:15
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if `ping 8.8.8.8` worked, that means you should set up a DNS server. – NadavS May 02 '20 at 08:16

How to check internet connectivity in Linux machine via terminal

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