ipxping

Langue: en

Version: 2 MAY 1994 (mandriva - 22/10/07)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

Sommaire

NAME

ipxping - ping a machine using an IPX packet.

SYNOPSIS

ipxping [  Source Network ] [  Router/destination machine ] [  Destination Network ] [  Destination Machine ]

DESCRIPTION

Use ipxping to ping a machine on a Novell Network from a Sun machine. It uses a Novell IPX packet to prompt a response from a connected machine on the Novell Network. It uses the NIT (device /dev/nit) interface to write and read packets directly to and from ethernet, avoiding the use of OSI-RM protocol stack.

OPTIONS

 Source Network
The address of the source network.
 Router/Destination Machine
The address of the destination machine or intermediary router
 Destination Network
The address of the destination network.
 Destination Machine
The address of the destination machine.

EXECUTION:

The ipxping software is used in the following manner:


  ipxping 00:00:0e:e4 00:00:c0:01:06:84 00:00:0e:e4 00:00:c0:01:06:84

Calling ipxping with no (or an incorrect number of) parameters will display a list of parameters and their function, ie:

ipxping <host network> <router/dest machine> <dest network> <dest machine>

Calling the ipxping correctly it will display :-

1. Response time of ping ie 2ms.

2. Node configuration data ie 00 02 03 09.