Technical data

Using the Ping Option

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• A target address “is unreachable” message appears if the router cannot ﬁnd

the speciﬁed address in its routing table, for example:

AppleTalk ping: 2553.217 is unreachable

• A “resource error” message appears if the router cannot allocate a buffer for

the request because no buffers are available, for example:

AppleTalk ping: resource error

• An “invalid parameter specified” message appears if you specify an invalid

parameter when you issue an AppleTalk ping, for example:

AppleTalk ping: invalid parameter specified

• An “AppleTalk service is not running” message appears if the AppleTalk

service is not enabled on the router, for example:

AppleTalk ping: Appletalk service is not running