use strict;
use warnings;

use Net::Ping;
use Test::More tests => 2;

my $dest   = 'www.google.com';
my $pinger = Net::Ping->new ('icmp', 3);
my $res;

$res = system ("ping -nqc1 -w 3 -W 3 $dest > /tmp/ping.log");
is ($res, 0E0, "System ping to $dest");

$res = $pinger->ping ($dest);
ok ($res, "Net::Ping to $dest");

$pinger->close;

##</code><code>##

$ sudo prove -v googleping.t 
googleping.t .. 
1..2
ok 1 - System ping to www.google.com
ok 2 - Net::Ping to www.google.com
ok
All tests successful.
Files=1, Tests=2,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.05 usr  0.01 sys +  0.05 cusr  0.01 csys =  0.12 CPU)
Result: PASS