1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bin/sanity-check b/bin/sanity-check
index 5160142..3813f22 100755
--- a/bin/sanity-check
+++ b/bin/sanity-check
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
           ' | \
           sort -u
       ); do
-        if ! curl -s "http://$(dig +short "${host}" | tail -n1)" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        if ! ping -c1 "${host}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
           if [ ${silence} -le 1 ]; then
-            printf '\nThe master mirror %s is not reachable.\n' \
+            printf '\nThe master mirror %s cannot be pinged.\n' \
               "${host}" | \
               tee -a "${tmp_dir}/messages" >&2
           fi