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Using Operating Commands
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An IPX address in decimal notation consists of a 4-byte network address and a
6-byte host address, where
• Each byte is a number from 0 to 255.
• A period separates successive address bytes (for example,
0.1.23.47.0.0.0.1.2.55).
[-t <timeout> ] [-r <repeat_count> ] are optional. These parameters are as follows:
<timeout> is the number of seconds for each ping to time out. If the system
receives a response to a ping after it has timed out, the system does not send an
alive message to the console. The default is 5.
<repeat_count> is the number of ping messages to send. The system does not wait
for the timeout before sending the next ping. Enter a value from 0 to 10. The
default is 1.
The console displays one of the following messages when you issue a
ping -ipx
command. If you enter a value other than 0 in the
<repeat_count> argument, the
system displays one of the following messages for the default ping, plus one for
each additional ping:
•An
alive message: This message appears if the system receives an IPX reply
packet from the target device within the
<timeout> allowed. A sample
message follows:
IPX ping: 0xAB12.0xCD1234 is alive
•A does not respond message: This message appears if the IPX address of the
target device is resolved, but the system does not receive an IPX reply packet
from the target device within the <timeout> allowed. A sample message
follows:
IPX ping: 0xAB12.0xCD1234 does not respond
•A target address is unreachable message: This message appears if the local
Bay Networks router cannot find the specified network address in its table of
IPX networks.
IPX ping: 0xAB12.0xCD1234 is unreachable
Note:
If you issue an IPX ping to an entity on a token ring network, you must
enter the host portion of the IPX address in byte-swapped form (noncanonical
form).