diff --git a/types/ping/index.d.ts b/types/ping/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for ping 0.2
+// Project: http://github.com/danielzzz/node-ping
+// Definitions by: Richard Honor <https://github.com/RMHonor>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.1
+
+export interface PingConfig {
+    /**
+     * Map IP address to hostname or not. Default `true`
+     */
+    numeric?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * Time duration, in seconds, for ping command to exit. Default `2` on Mac/Linux, `5` on Windows.
+     */
+    timeout?: number;
+    /**
+     *  Exit after sending number of `ECHO_REQUEST`. Default `1`
+     */
+    min_reply?: number;
+    /**
+     * Ping via ipv6 or not. Default `false`
+     */
+    v6?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * Source address for sending the ping.
+     */
+    sourceAddr?: string;
+    /**
+     * Additional arguments. Default `[]`
+     */
+    extra?: string[];
+  }
+
+  export interface PingResponse {
+    /**
+     * The input IP address or host. `unknown` if ping fails.
+     */
+    host: string;
+    /**
+     * Numeric target IP address
+     */
+    numeric_host?: string;
+    /**
+     * `true` for existing host
+     */
+    alive: boolean;
+    /**
+     * Raw stdout from system ping
+     */
+    output: string;
+    /**
+     * Time (float) in ms for first successful ping response. `unknown` if ping fails.
+     */
+    time: number | 'unknown';
+    /**
+     * Minimum time for collection records. `unknown` if ping fails.
+     */
+    min: string;
+    /**
+     * Maximum time for collection records. `unknown` if ping fails.
+     */
+    max: string;
+    /**
+     * Average time for collection records. `unknown` if ping fails.
+     */
+    avg: string;
+    /**
+     * Standard deviation time for collected records. `unknown` if ping fails.
+     */
+    stddev: string;
+  }
+
+  export const sys: {
+    /**
+     * Performs a system ping utility.
+     *
+     * @param addr Hostname or IP address
+     * @param cb Response callback.
+     *   First argument is successful response boolean.
+     *   Second argument is any error, `null` if no error.
+     * @param config Optional configuration
+     */
+    probe(addr: string, cb: (isAlive: boolean, error: any) => void, config?: PingConfig): void;
+  };
+
+  export const promise: {
+    /**
+     * Performs a system ping utility.
+     *
+     * @param addr Hostname or IP address
+     * @param config Optional configuration
+     */
+    probe(addr: string, config?: PingConfig): Promise<PingResponse>;
+  };
diff --git a/types/ping/ping-tests.ts b/types/ping/ping-tests.ts
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+import {
+  PingConfig,
+  promise,
+  sys,
+} from 'ping';
+
+const config: PingConfig = {
+    numeric: false,
+    timeout: 1000,
+    min_reply: 5,
+    v6: false,
+    sourceAddr: 'localhost',
+    extra: [],
+};
+
+sys.probe('test', (isAlive: boolean, err: any) => {
+    const alive: boolean = isAlive;
+});
+
+async function test() {
+    const res = await promise.probe('test', config);
+
+    const alive: boolean = res.alive;
+    const host: string = res.host;
+    const output: string = res.output;
+    const min: string = res.min;
+    const max: string = res.max;
+    const avg: string = res.avg;
+    const stddev: string = res.stddev;
+
+    if (res.time !== 'unknown') {
+      const time: number = res.time;
+    }
+
+    if (res.numeric_host) {
+        const numHost: string = res.numeric_host;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/types/ping/tsconfig.json b/types/ping/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "ping-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/ping/tslint.json b/types/ping/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }