Testing Your Onyx Modem

You can test your Soracom Onyx LTE™ USB Modem by using the Ping Response Service provided by Soracom. This is a simple service that responds to ICMP echo requests (commonly known as "pings") and is only reachable when connected to the Soracom network.

From the terminal of the host device configured with the Onyx modem, run the following command to send a ping request to the Ping Response Service:

ping -c 4 pong.soracom.io
>
>PING pong.soracom.io (100.127.100.127) 56(84) bytes of data.
>64 bytes from 100.127.100.127 (100.127.100.127): icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=58.7 ms
>64 bytes from 100.127.100.127 (100.127.100.127): icmp_seq=2 ttl=63 time=54.9 ms
>64 bytes from 100.127.100.127 (100.127.100.127): icmp_seq=3 ttl=63 time=66.5 ms
>64 bytes from 100.127.100.127: icmp_seq=4 ttl=63 time=57.9 ms
>
>--- pong.soracom.io ping statistics ---
>4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3415ms
>rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 54.926/59.525/66.535/4.288 ms

Congratulations! Your Onyx modem is connected and ready to send data to the Soracom platform. Check out Advanced Usage for ideas on how to take advantage of all the Onyx modem has to offer.

If you do not receive a response or the ping request times out, review the Troubleshooting section for guidance on how to resolve common issues.