Monitoring AppleTalk Information

Monitoring AppleTalk information can give you a clear view of the status of your AppleTalk network and whether the router is configured properly to run efficiently in the network. This information can also be helpful in troubleshooting and optimizing the network. This topic contains the following sections:

• Checking the AppleTalk Routing Table
• Monitoring AURP

Checking the AppleTalk Routing Table

To check the AppleTalk routing table to obtain information associated with each route, load ATCON and follow this path:

Select Routing Table > Network or Zone Name (to sort the list of routes)

The Routing Table window displays all known AppleTalk networks. The list shows the following information about each item:

• Network number or range
• Zone or zones associated with the network
• Status of the route
• Number of hops to the network
• DDP address of the next hop or IP address of the next hop when AURP is used
• Port number of the interface used to reach the next hop

Monitoring AURP

If you have AURP configured, you can monitor the status of AURP connections by loading ATCON and selecting AURP Information.

The list shows the following information about each AURP connection:

• IP address of the peer to which the router is connected
• IP address of the AURP tunnel
• State of the receiver peer
• State of the sender peer
• Time between Tickle (keep-alive) packets sent between two peers