.TH DNPING 1 "January 25 2000" "DECnet utilities"

.SH NAME
dnping \- Loopbacks diagnostic packets through a remote node

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dnping
nodename [user pass] count
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or
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.B dnping
nodename [options] nodename
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Options:
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[\dqsv] [\-c number] [\-i interval] [\-p password] [\-s size] [\-u username] [\-w timeout]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
This utility sends to remote DECnet node
.B nodename
the number of packets specified by
.B count
to test the link between the two systems. Optionally a
username and password may be specified for the connection as well as
several other options. NOTE that if you dnping another Linux box it must
have
.B dnetd
running.
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NOTE also that dnping is not really like an IP "ping" in that it needs
a registered object at the other end to connect to. So, just because
you cannot ping a machine does not, necessarily, mean that machine
is not available, just that the MIRROR object is not available. There
is not (to my knowledge) a low-level equivalent in DECnet of the ICMP
ping message.

.SH OPTIONS
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.I "\-c number"
Number of packets to send (default 10)
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.I "\-d"
Debug mode (default off)
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.I "\-i interval"
interval between packets in microseconds (default 0)
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.I "\-p password"
Access control password. If this is "-" then you will be prompted.
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.I "\-q"
Quiet mode (default off)
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.I "\-s size"
size of frame to send in bytes (40 data + 68 hdr)
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.I "-t"
timestamps mode (default off)
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.I "-u username"
access control username
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.I "-w timeout"
Specifies a timeout (in seconds). If not response is received
after this time then dnping will abort. The default is to wait
forever.
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.I "-v"
verbose mode (default off)

.SH EXAMPLES
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Pings 10 packets through remote node "mv3100"
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    # dnping mv3100 10
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Make it look a bit like IP ping:
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    # dnping  \-vti 1000000 marsha
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dntype "(1), " dndir "(1), " dndel "(1), " dntask "(1), "
.BR sethost "(1), "  dnetd "(8)"