Note that the -4 and -6 options select
IPv4 or IPv6, respectively. Since it apparently wasn't obvious.
oak$ ping -c 10 -4 38.107.179.213 PING 38.107.179.213 (38.107.179.213): 56 octets data 64 octets from 38.107.179.213: icmp_seq=0 ttl=45 time=185.2 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.213: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=184.3 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.213: icmp_seq=2 ttl=45 time=184.6 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.213: icmp_seq=3 ttl=45 time=184.6 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.213: icmp_seq=4 ttl=45 time=184.6 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.213: icmp_seq=5 ttl=45 time=184.6 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.213: icmp_seq=6 ttl=45 time=184.9 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.213: icmp_seq=7 ttl=45 time=184.4 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.213: icmp_seq=8 ttl=45 time=185.0 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.213: icmp_seq=9 ttl=45 time=184.7 ms --- 38.107.179.213 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 184.3/184.6/185.2 ms oak$