HP 650 Installation Manual page 75

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. From the Main menu, select the Network Control Language
Interpreter (NCL). The NCL prompt then appears at the bottom of
the screen. (See figure 3-1 on page 3-16.)
At the NCL prompt, enter one of the following sequences:
atping x.y [Return]
atping x.y wait [Return]
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
a second integer is not included, the response must be received in
five seconds 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.
3. Use the Exit command to exit from NCL and return to the Main
menu:
exit [Return]
For more details, refer to chapter 16 of the Operator's Reference.
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