# Ansible ping module query.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ping-module-query/21350>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [May 4, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ping-module-query/21350 "2016-05-04T05:49:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joy\_Dsouza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Joy\_Dsouza](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joy_Dsouza)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ping-module-query/21350/1 "2016-05-04T05:49:27Z")

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Hello,

I am new to Ansible.

I have a list of server ip’s and I am using ping module to check if the servers are reachable or not.

When I pass the password it works fine, However when I pass the private key it works for few servers and at some point it just hangs and it doesn’t proceed further.

Do I have to make any changes in ansible.cfg file? Any timeout o something? Any logs where I can check?

Would be appreciated if some one could guide me on this.

Thanks in advance.