diff --git a/scripts/test-nodes-pings.sh b/scripts/test-nodes-pings.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+API_URL="${API_URL:-https://validator.nymtech.net/api/v1/gateways/described}"
+CONCURRENCY="${CONCURRENCY:-64}"     # how many pings in flight
+PING_TIMEOUT="${PING_TIMEOUT:-7}"    # seconds to wait for a single echo reply
+PING_RETRIES="${PING_RETRIES:-1}"    # additional attempts after the first failure
+RETRY_DELAY="${RETRY_DELAY:-1}"      # seconds to wait between attempts
+
+OK_CSV="ping_works.csv"
+BAD_CSV="ping_not_working.csv"
+
+# check deps for sanity
+need() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Missing '$1'"; exit 1; }; }
+need curl
+need jq
+need xargs
+need nl
+need ping
+
+# fetch /described to json
+echo "Fetching gateways description from: ${API_URL}"
+tmp_json="$(mktemp)"
+trap 'rm -f "$tmp_json" "$ip_list" "$num_list"' EXIT
+
+curl -fsSL --retry 3 --retry-delay 1 --compressed "$API_URL" -o "$tmp_json"
+
+# extract IPs
+ip_list="$(mktemp)"
+jq -r '
+  .[]? as $g
+  | (
+      ($g.self_described.host_information.ip_address? // [])
+      + (
+          [ $g.bond.gateway.host ]
+          | map(select(type=="string"))
+        )
+    )[]
+' "$tmp_json" \
+| awk '
+  # very permissive IPv4/IPv6 syntax filters (we let ping validate the rest)
+  function is_ipv4(s){ return (s ~ /^[0-9]{1,3}(\.[0-9]{1,3}){3}$/) }
+  function is_ipv6(s){ return (index(s,":")>0) }
+  { if(is_ipv4($0) || is_ipv6($0)) print $0 }
+' \
+| sort -u > "$ip_list"
+
+TOTAL="$(wc -l < "$ip_list" | tr -d '[:space:]')"
+if [[ "$TOTAL" -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "No IP addresses found in API response. Exiting."
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "Collected ${TOTAL} unique IP addresses to probe."
+
+# outputs
+printf "ip\n" > "$OK_CSV"
+printf "ip\n" > "$BAD_CSV"
+
+num_list="$(mktemp)"
+nl -ba "$ip_list" > "$num_list"
+
+# probe function executed in parallel via xargs
+export PING_TIMEOUT OK_CSV BAD_CSV TOTAL PING_RETRIES RETRY_DELAY
+
+probe_one() {
+  IFS=',' read -r idx ip <<< "$1"
+
+  # returns 0 = success, 1 = failure after retries
+  do_ping_with_retry() {
+    local ip="$1"
+    local attempts=$((1 + PING_RETRIES))
+    local i
+    for ((i=1; i<=attempts; i++)); do
+      if [[ "$ip" == *:* ]]; then
+        ping -6 -c 1 -W "$PING_TIMEOUT" "$ip" >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 0
+      else
+        ping    -c 1 -W "$PING_TIMEOUT" "$ip" >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 0
+      fi
+      # wait before next try if not the last attempt
+      (( i < attempts )) && sleep "$RETRY_DELAY"
+    done
+    return 1
+  }
+
+  if do_ping_with_retry "$ip"; then
+    printf "%s\n" "$ip" >> "$OK_CSV"
+    printf "[%s/%s] ping ok %s\n" "$idx" "$TOTAL" "$ip"
+  else
+    printf "%s\n" "$ip" >> "$BAD_CSV"
+    printf "[%s/%s] ping failed %s\n" "$idx" "$TOTAL" "$ip"
+  fi
+}
+
+export -f probe_one
+
+awk '{printf "%s,%s\n",$1,$2}' "$num_list" \
+| xargs -P "$CONCURRENCY" -n 1 -I{} bash -c 'probe_one "$@"' _ {}
+
+echo "Done. Results:"
+echo "  $(($(wc -l < "$OK_CSV") - 1)) reachable -> $OK_CSV"
+echo "  $(($(wc -l < "$BAD_CSV") - 1)) not reachable -> $BAD_CSV"