Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual page 2576

Using ORBCMD
PING
Purpose
Syntax
Using PING
138 Utilities Reference
To use the Novell ORB, you must also start the Smart Agent, which provides
the Novell ORB's directory service and failure detection services. After you
load ORBCMD, enter the following at the server console:
[LOAD] OSAGENT
To distribute and run CORBA-compliant applications on the network or to
provide a development environment for CORBA applications, you will need
the Open Solutions Architecture (OSA) Software Developers Kit (SDK).
The OSA SDK contains the client component of the Novell ORB,
development tools, and Visegenic online documentation for developing and
administering CORBA-compliant Java*-based applications.
You can download a copy of the OSA SDK free of charge from the
DeveloperNet World Wide Web page (http://developer.novell.com)
your Novell Authorized Reseller
Use at the server console to send an Internet Control Message Protocol
(ICMP) echo request packet to an IP node on your internetwork.
PING determines whether an IP node is reachable on your internetwork.
[LOAD] PING
PING sends an ICMP echo request packet to an IP node on your
internetwork. If the target node receives the packet, it sends back a reply
packet.
To select an IP node, enter its hostname or IP address in the Host Name
field.
You can also specify the number of seconds between each packet
transmission and the size of the packet, in bytes.
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