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title: "Ping (ICMP)"
description: "Ping (ICMP) is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 44.4k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/ping"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/ping.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Ping (ICMP)

> Ping (ICMP) is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 44.4k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Ping (ICMP) is a built-in integration that checks whether a network host responds to ping requests. It works locally and is set up in the UI by entering the hostname or IP address of the device to ping. The integration provides a binary sensor for reachability and also supports presence detection, so a pinged device can act as a device tracker. Sensors report jitter, packet loss, and the minimum, maximum, average and mean deviation of round-trip time. Options cover the host, the number of pings sent, and a consider-home interval, which sets how many seconds pass before a device tracker is marked as not home after the device was last seen.

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## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.

### Add Ping

- **Host**: The hostname or IP address of the device you want to ping.

### After setup

- **Consider home interval**: Seconds to wait till marking a device tracker as not home after not being seen.
- **Ping count**
- **Host**

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Entities

- **Sensors**: Jitter, Packet loss, Round-trip time average, Round-trip time maximum, Round-trip time mean deviation, Round-trip time minimum

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Computers and network](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/computers-and-network.md), Monitoring
- Number: 44.4k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `ping`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/ping/>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/ping

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