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Using Operating Commands
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AppleTalk Ping
When you issue the
ping
command for AppleTalk to a remote AppleTalk device,
the console displays the response from the remote device (if the ping reaches the
device) or the result of the request. AppleTalk
ping
uses the AppleTalk Echo
Protocol.
Enter the following to ping a remote device running AppleTalk:
ping -at
<network_ID>.<node_ID> [
-t
<timeout> ] [
-r
<repeat_count> ]
[
-s
<size> ]
<network_ID>.<node_ID> is the required AppleTalk address of the remote device,
in the format of a 16-bit network number and an 8-bit node number.
[
-t
<timeout> ] [
-r
<repeat_count> ] [
-s
<size> ] 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.
<size> is the number of bytes of data to send with each ping. The default is 16.
The console displays one of the following messages when you issue a
ping
command. If you enter a value 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 a response
from the target device within the
<timeout> allowed. The message also
indicates the size of the test packet. A sample message follows:
AT ping: 100.5 is alive (size = 16 bytes)
Note:
You can enter the network and node addresses in decimal or
hexadecimal format. If you use hexadecimal format, precede each address with
the 0x prefix.