communication via mac address

[Jeff Patrick]

Is there any way to do test a connection from a server (HP-UX or AIX) to a printer that has a 12-digit mac address & nic, which doesn't support full IP, therefore, no IP address? I thought there was a way to do this, but I'm not finding the command anywhere. Thanks in advance for your help!

Jeff

[Madhu Sudhan_1 · Accepted solution]

Jeff:

Use

#linkloop

Which uses IEEE 802.2 link level frames to test the connectivity.

This applies only when the two machinces are in a single sub network.

...Madhu

[Jaimin Parikh]

Hi,

On HP-UX you can use the command listed below.

linkloop - verify LAN connectivity with link-level loopback

#linkloop [-i PPA] [-n count] [-r rif] [-s size] [-t timeout] [-v] linkaddr

linkaddr = MAC address

I think this will help you.

Regards,
Jaimin

[Jeff Patrick]

Madhu and Jaimin,

Thank you for your input. I am able to use linkloop to communicate successfully. Is there any AIX equivalent to linkloop that you know of? Thanks again.

Jeff

[Madhu Sudhan_1]

Jeff:
Iam not sure in AIX. May be you can try some option with "lscfg" command in AIX.

Hope this helps.

...Madhu