appleping(1)                                         appleping(1)



NAME
       appleping  -  exercises  the  AppleTalk network by sending
       packets to a named host


SYNOPSIS
       appleping net-node [ packet-size [ npackets ]]

       appleping name:type[@zone] [ packet-size [ npackets ]]


ARGUMENTS
       name:type[@zone]
               Specifies the host by its name, type, and zone. If
               you  do  not  specify  a value for zone, appleping
               uses the local zone.

       net-node
               Specifies the host by its network node number.  To
               see  the network node number for a particular sys-
               tem, run atlookup. The network  and  node  numbers
               must be in hexadecimal.

       npackets
               Specifies  how  many packets to send before termi-
               nating.

       packet-size
               Specifies in bytes the size of each  packet.   The
               value  of  packet-size must be between 14 and 599.
               The default packet size is 64 bytes.


DESCRIPTION
       appleping repeatedly sends AppleTalk Echo Protocol request
       packets  to  the  specified computer and reports whether a
       reply was received. The  appleping  command  continues  to
       send packets and to display the result until the number of
       packets specified by npackets  is  reached  or  until  you
       issue  the  interrupt  character (usually by pressing CON-
       TROL-C).  Before exiting, appleping displays a summary  of
       statistics.


FILES
       /usr/bin/appleping Executable file


SEE ALSO
       appletalk(8), atlookup(1)



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