# wait\_for ping? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [February 23, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wait-for-ping/32307 "2020-02-23T10:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Heinz\_Meier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Heinz\_Meier](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Heinz_Meier)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wait-for-ping/32307/1 "2020-02-23T10:10:32Z")
Hi, need to wait until a host is up and running. This host does not (yet) offer ssh, so I need a simple ping. The module wait\_for only offers port tests, as far as I can see. Any ideas? Michael Schwartzkopff ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wait-for-ping/32307/2 "2020-02-23T10:28:28Z")
You can use the until on a task   - command: ping -c1 \     register: r     until: r.rc == 0 You can also change retries and delay, check the documentation for details. ---
**Author:** ![Heinz\_Meier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Heinz\_Meier](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Heinz_Meier)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wait-for-ping/32307/3 "2020-02-23T11:24:14Z")
Thanks. cool ---
**Author:** ![jborean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jborean/32/1525_2.png) [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wait-for-ping/32307/4 "2020-02-23T18:54:19Z")
wait\_for\_connection is designed to wait until ssh is up and running and Ansible can actually run a module on it. No need for any until loops just ‘wait\_for\_connection:’.