1 .TH AECHO 1 "17 Dec 1991" "netatalk 1.2"
3 aecho \- send AppleTalk Echo Protocol packets to network hosts
16 repeatedly sends an Apple Echo Protocol (AEP) packet to the host
17 specified by the given AppleTalk
21 and reports whether a reply was received. Requests are sent at the
22 rate of one per second.
30 The nbp type defaults to
35 is terminated, it reports the number of packets sent, the number of
36 responses received, and the percentage of packets lost. If any
37 responses were received, the minimum, average, and maximum round trip
40 Check to see if a particular host is up and responding to AEP packets:
44 example% aecho bloodsport
45 11 bytes from 8195.13: aep_seq=0. time=10. ms
46 11 bytes from 8195.13: aep_seq=1. time=10. ms
47 11 bytes from 8195.13: aep_seq=2. time=10. ms
48 11 bytes from 8195.13: aep_seq=3. time=10. ms
49 11 bytes from 8195.13: aep_seq=4. time=10. ms
50 11 bytes from 8195.13: aep_seq=5. time=9. ms
52 ----8195.13 AEP Statistics----
53 6 packets sent, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss
54 round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 9/9/10