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There is a dnping in Linux DECnet. bob at ziti:~$ dnping legato Sent 10 packets, Received 10 packets bob at ziti:~$ dnping -v legato PKT: 1 WRITE: 40 READ: 40 PKT: 2 WRITE: 40 READ: 40 PKT: 3 WRITE: 40 READ: 40 PKT: 4 WRITE: 40 READ: 40 PKT: 5 WRITE: 40 READ: 40 PKT: 6 WRITE: 40 READ: 40 PKT: 7 WRITE: 40 READ: 40 PKT: 8 WRITE: 40 READ: 40 PKT: 9 WRITE: 40 READ: 40 PKT: 10 WRITE: 40 READ: 40 Sent 10 packets, Received 10 packets bob at ziti:~$ dnping Usage: dnping nodename [user pass] count *or* dnping [options] nodename where [options]: -c number number of packets to send {10} -d debug mode {OFF} -i interval interval between packets in microseconds {0} -p password access control password {} -q quiet mode {OFF} -s size size of frame to send in bytes {40 data + 68 hdr} -t timestamps mode {OFF} -u username access control username {} -v verbose mode {OFF} -w seconds maximum wait time (timeout) bob at ziti:~$ man dnping DNPING(1) General Commands Manual DNPING(1) NAME dnping - Loopbacks diagnostic packets through a remote node SYNOPSIS dnping nodename [user pass] count or dnping nodename [options] nodename Options: [qsv] [-c number] [-i interval] [-p password] [-s size] [-u username] [-w timeout] DESCRIPTION This utility sends to remote DECnet node nodename the number of packets specified by 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 dnetd running. 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. OPTIONS -c number Number of packets to send (default 10) -d Debug mode (default off) -i interval interval between packets in microseconds (default 0) -p password Access control password. If this is "-" then you will be prompted. -q Quiet mode (default off) -s size size of frame to send in bytes (40 data + 68 hdr) -t timestamps mode (default off) -u username access control username -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. -v verbose mode (default off) EXAMPLES Pings 10 packets through remote node "mv3100" # dnping mv3100 10 Make it look a bit like IP ping: # dnping -vti 1000000 marsha SEE ALSO dntype(1), dndir(1), dndel(1), dntask(1), sethost(1), dnetd(8)