landiag(1M)

NAME

landiag − local area network diagnostic

SYNOPSIS

landiag [-e] [-t]

DESCRIPTION

landiag is a diagnostic program for testing the Local Area Network (LAN). It allows the user to examine and reset the status of the LAN interface card. LAN interface status includes the LAN interface card self-test completion code, the local network address, and various LAN interface card statistics. Users with appropriate privileges can reset the local LAN interface card, causing it to execute its self-test.

landiag reads commands from the standard input, writes prompts and error messages to standard error, and writes status to the standard output. The Break key generates an interrupt of a currently executing command if initiated interactively. If commands are read from a file, Ctrl-│ returns control to the shell.

landiag accepts either complete command words or unique abbreviations, and no distinction is made between uppercase and lowercase letters in commands. Multiple commands can be entered on one line if they are separated by spaces, tabs, or commas.

Options

landiag recognizes the following command-line options:

-e Echo the input commands on the output device.

-t Suppress the display of the command menu before each command prompt. This option functions identically to the Test Selection Mode terse command. The default for landiag is verbose.

Test Selection Mode

The available Test Selection Mode commands are:

lan Puts landiag in LAN Interface Test Mode.

menu Displays the Test Selection Mode command menu.

quit Terminates the landiag program.

terse Suppresses display of command menus.

verbose
Restores default display of command menus.

LAN Interface Test Mode

The following commands are available:

clear Clears the LAN interface card network statistics registers to zero. Requires superuser privileges to execute.

display
Displays the local LAN interface card status and statistics registers.

end Returns landiag to Test Selection Mode.

menu Displays the LAN Interface Test Mode command menu.

name Prompts for a device file name for the LAN interface card. Default on Series 300/400 systems is /dev/lan. Default on Series 700 systems is /dev/lan0.

quit Terminates the landiag program.

reset Resets the local LAN interface card which causes it to execute its self-test. Local access to the network is interrupted during execution of reset. Requires superuser privileges to execute.

AUTHOR

landiag was developed by HP.

FILES

/usr/bin/landiag

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