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 system, run atlookup. The network and node numbers must be in hexadecimal.

npackets
    Specifies how many packets to send before terminating.

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 CONTROL-C). Before exiting, appleping displays a summary of statistics.

FILES
/usr/bin/appleping Executable file

SEE ALSO
appletalk(8), atlookup(1)