Installation manual

AppleTalk Ping

AppleTalk Ping is a network-layer test that sends an AppleTalk Echo

Protocol (AEP) message to another AppleTalk node. The router must

have AppleTalk routing configured in order to use this test.

1. At the NCL prompt, enter one of the following commands:

atping x.y [Enter]

atping x.y wait [Enter]

where:

x is the target node’s network number.

y is the node identifier.

wait (optional) is how many seconds to wait for a response. If

wait is not specified, the response must be received in five sec-

onds to be successful.

2. You will see a message, indicating either that the target node is

alive—meaning that communications are passing successfully from

the router to the remote node on a specific link—or that the remote

node did not respond. If you cannot reach any remote node, the

problem must be isolated to the router, the links used in the test, or

all of the remote nodes.

For more details, refer to the Operator’s Reference.

Troubleshooting

Diagnostic Tests

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