Q&A for How to Ping in Linux

Yes, in root or regular user you can.

In a command prompt, press "Ctrl + C" to end processes in a command line. If you are not actively doing it in a command line, see if your computer is connected to a network or VPN. If not, try to find which kind of device it's pinging and where it is located. If all else fails, either it's nothing or you are being watched/hacked.

Cntrl + C will stop the ping if you ever start it. You can do the same to stop just about any process in Linux if you started it via command.

The command: ping -c x URL.com should help you! Just replace x with the amount of times you want to ping the URL and replace URL with the website.