Minimal working example for debugging an issue with go-ping/ping

pingTest.go

package main

import (
	"github.com/go-ping/ping"
	"log"
	"time"
)

func execPing(ipAddress string) (bool, error) {
	pinger, err := ping.NewPinger(ipAddress)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	pinger.SetPrivileged(true)
	pinger.Count = 3
	pinger.Timeout = 5 * time.Second

	err = pinger.Run()
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}
	return pinger.PacketsRecv >= pinger.Count / 2, nil
}

func main() {
	_, err := execPing(<any_unreachable_ip_address>)
	log.Println(err)
}