diff --git a/app/Jobs/Speedtests/ExecuteOoklaSpeedtest.php b/app/Jobs/Speedtests/ExecuteOoklaSpeedtest.php
index 0fe898907..4c160de15 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/Speedtests/ExecuteOoklaSpeedtest.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/Speedtests/ExecuteOoklaSpeedtest.php
@@ -112,20 +112,19 @@ public function handle(): void
 
     /**
      * Check for internet connection.
+     *
+     * @throws \Exception
      */
     protected function checkForInternetConnection(): bool
     {
         $url = config('speedtest.ping_url');
 
-        // TODO: skip checking for internet connection, current validation does not take into account different host formats and ip addresses.
-        return true;
-
         // Skip checking for internet connection if ping url isn't set (disabled)
         if (blank($url)) {
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (! URL::isValidUrl($url)) {
+        if (! $this->isValidPingUrl($url)) {
             $this->result->update([
                 'data' => [
                     'type' => 'log',
@@ -165,4 +164,20 @@ protected function checkForInternetConnection(): bool
 
         return true;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if the given URL is a valid ping URL.
+     */
+    public function isValidPingUrl(string $url): bool
+    {
+        $hasTLD = static function (string $url): bool {
+            // this also ensures the string ends with a TLD
+            return preg_match('/\.[a-z]{2,}$/i', $url);
+        };
+
+        return (filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) && $hasTLD($url))
+            // to check for things like `google.com`, we need to add the protocol
+            || (filter_var('https://'.$url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) && $hasTLD($url))
+            || filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4 || FILTER_FLAG_IPV6) !== false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ExampleTest.php b/tests/Unit/ExampleTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index fff6e3c4c..000000000
--- a/tests/Unit/ExampleTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Tests\Unit;
-
-use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
-
-final class ExampleTest extends TestCase
-{
-    /**
-     * A basic test example.
-     */
-    public function test_that_true_is_true(): void
-    {
-        $this->assertTrue(true);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ExecuteOoklaSpeedtestTest.php b/tests/Unit/ExecuteOoklaSpeedtestTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b321361e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/ExecuteOoklaSpeedtestTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Unit;
+
+use App\Jobs\Speedtests\ExecuteOoklaSpeedtest;
+use App\Models\Result;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+final class ExecuteOoklaSpeedtestTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * A basic test example.
+     */
+    public function test_that_ping_urls_handled(): void
+    {
+        $job = new ExecuteOoklaSpeedtest(new Result);
+        config(['speedtest' => ['ping_url' => 'google.com']]);
+
+        $passingCases = [
+            // ipv6
+            '2a00:1450:4016:80c::200e',
+            // ipv4
+            '1.1.1.1',
+            // hostname
+            'google.com',
+            // hostname with subdomain
+            'www.google.com',
+            // hostname with protocol
+            'http://google.com',
+            'https://google.com',
+        ];
+
+        foreach ($passingCases as $case) {
+            $this->assertTrue($job->isValidPingUrl($case), "$case is an invalid ping url");
+        }
+
+        $failingCases = [
+            // invalid hostname
+            'google',
+            // no tld
+            'http://google',
+            'https://google',
+            // invalid ipv4
+            '1.1.1',
+            '1.1.1.1.',
+            '1.1.1.1.1',
+            '.1.1.1.1',
+            // invalid ipv6
+            '2a00:1450:4016:80c::200e::',
+            '2a00:14504:4016:80c::200e',
+            '2a00:1450:401680c::200e',
+            '2v00:1450:4016:80c::200e',
+            '2::1:1450:4016:80c::200e',
+            // path included
+            'https://google.com/test',
+            // path and query included
+            'https://google.com/test?query=1',
+            // path, query and fragment included
+            'https://www.google.com/test?query=1#fragment',
+            // path, query, fragment and port included
+            'https://google.com:8080/test?query=1#fragment',
+        ];
+
+        foreach ($failingCases as $case) {
+            $this->assertFalse($job->isValidPingUrl($case), "$case is a valid ping url");
+        }
+    }
+}