How to check blocked traffic on the network on Mac OS

Issue description: : Layout and Editor for instance don't open. RIP opens OK. Layout and Editor only in Smartworking mode.

To check:

- Network connectivity (Ping)

- Routing/network path (traceroute)

- Application/service port availability (nc)

How:

Open Terminal (Applications → Utilities → Terminal, or search for “Terminal” with Spotlight).
Note: examples below for IP 10.3.2.92
Network connectivity:

      Enter command: ping 10.3.2.92

      e.g. PING 10.3.2.92 (10.3.2.92): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.3.2.92: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=7.814 ms
=> OK

3. Traceroute: to check the path your traffic takes from your computer to a destination device or server.

Enter command: traceroute 10.3.2.92

Returns e.g.

traceroute to 10.3.2.92 (10.3.2.92), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 10.3.2.92 (10.3.2.92) 13.641 ms 0.423 ms 0.276 ms
=> OK.

4. nc - port availability

Enter command: e.g. nc -vz 10.3.2.92 5437

e.g: ~ % nc -vz 10.3.2.92 27499
nc: connectx to 10.3.2.92 port 27499 (tcp) failed: Connection refused
nc: connectx to 10.3.2.92 port 27499 (tcp) failed: Connection refused
=> not accepting connections to this port.