appletalk(1M) appletalk(1M)NAME appletalk - enables you to configure and display AppleTalk network interfaces SYNOPSIS appletalk [-b hardware-interface] [-c] [-d] [-i interface] [-n] [-p] [-s] [-u] [-z] ARGUMENTS -b hardware-interface Identifies the hardware interface that EtherTalk is to use. The value of hardware-interface is a string, such as ae0 through ae5, ao0, or as0 through as5, that identifies the Ethernet hardware on a computer that has more than one Ethernet card. This option must be used with the -u option. The default hardware interface is ae0. -c Makes AppleTalk active only if PRAM says it should be active. This option must be used with the -u option. -d Makes AppleTalk inactive and stores the state of AppleTalk in PRAM. Because the state is stored in PRAM, AppleTalk will be inactive the next time the system is restarted. -i interface Identifies an AppleTalk interface for use with the -d, -n, -s, -u, or -z option. The value of interface is a string, such as localtalk0 or ethertalk0. -n Displays the current AppleTalk node address. A user ID equal to that of root is not required to use this option. -p Displays the AppleTalk interface (LocalTalk or EtherTalk), zone name, network number, and node ID, as stored in PRAM. You can use this option with the -n or -s option. A user ID equal to that of root is not required to use this option. -s Displays Link Address Protocol (LAP) and Datagram Delivery Protocol (DDP) statistics and error counts if AppleTalk is active. A user ID equal to that of root is not required to use this option. -u Makes AppleTalk active and stores the state of AppleTalk in PRAM. Because the state is stored in PRAM, the next time the system is restarted, AppleTalk will be active. You must be logged in as root to use this option. March 1993 1
appletalk(1M) appletalk(1M)-z Causes the system to ignore the zone name hint saved from the last time appletalk was used so that a zone name is not preselected for the node at startup. As a result, if there are multiple zones on the cable, a menu of valid zone names for the cable is displayed. When you select a zone name, it is stored in PRAM. This option is valid only when you use the -u option to make AppleTalk active, and only when the EtherTalk interface is selected for use. DESCRIPTION appletalk displays the status of an active AppleTalk interface, selects an AppleTalk interface, and makes AppleTalk active or inactive. Any user can display statistics, but only users logged in as root can select an AppleTalk interface or make it active or inactive. In A/UX Release 3.0, the Network control panel allows any user to switch between LocalTalk and EtherTalk, and the Chooser allows any user to make AppleTalk active or inactive. Because the appletalk command cannot notify the Network control panel or the Chooser of changes to the state of AppleTalk, you should only use the appletalk command when the Finder is not running. Accordingly, you might run the appletalk command after logging in as root in a Console Emulator session or after logging in as root in the X11 environment and opening an xterm window. The current version of A/UX supports only a single interface at a time. EXAMPLES To make AppleTalk inactive, enter this command line: appletalk -d To make AppleTalk active using EtherTalk on the hardware interface ae1, enter this command line: appletalk -i ethertalk0 -b ae1 -u FILES /dev/appletalk/ddp/socket Device file /dev/appletalk/lap/localtalk0/control Device file /dev/appletalk/lap/ethertalk0/control Device file /etc/appletalk Executable file 2 March 1993
appletalk(1M) appletalk(1M)SEE ALSO ``Connecting to an AppleTalk Network'' in A/UX Network System Administration March 1993 3