Note that the -4 and -6 options select
IPv4 or IPv6, respectively. Since it apparently wasn't obvious.
oak$ ping -c 10 -4 38.107.179.210 PING 38.107.179.210 (38.107.179.210): 56 octets data 64 octets from 38.107.179.210: icmp_seq=0 ttl=46 time=191.7 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.210: icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=190.6 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.210: icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=190.8 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.210: icmp_seq=3 ttl=46 time=190.9 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.210: icmp_seq=4 ttl=46 time=190.8 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.210: icmp_seq=5 ttl=46 time=190.7 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.210: icmp_seq=6 ttl=46 time=190.6 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.210: icmp_seq=7 ttl=46 time=190.7 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.210: icmp_seq=8 ttl=46 time=190.9 ms 64 octets from 38.107.179.210: icmp_seq=9 ttl=46 time=190.5 ms --- 38.107.179.210 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 190.5/190.8/191.7 ms oak$