From: Fred Ingham (fningham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Aug 16 1999 - 21:15:01 GMT-3
Agree, it's vague. I intrepreted the E as similiar to the encapsulation
failed message when debugging IP packets. Have to try "deb apple
packet" when I get or can force this error.
Chad Marsh wrote:
>
> Yes, but talk about vague.
> 'E - Transmission of the echo packet to the target address failed'.
> So what exactly does that mean I wonder? In what way did it fail? I got
> this response in a lab scenario I was doing earlier, I forget what I
> changed to correct the problem, but I thought it had something to do
> with not having a route to the destination. However if that were the
> case, I should have gotten: RRRRR
> Fred, could you or anyone else shed more light on this?
>
> Chad Marsh
>
> Fred Ingham wrote:
> >
> > The basic meanings are on the CD:
> > Table 2: AppleTalk Ping Characters
> > Character
> > Meaning
> > !
> > Each exclamation point indicates the receipt of a reply
> > (echo) from the target
> > address.
> > .
> > Each period indicates the network server timed out while
> > waiting for a reply from
> > the target address.
> > B
> > The echo received from the target address was bad or
> > malformed.
> > C
> > An echo with a bad DDP checksum was received.
> > E
> > Transmission of an echo packet to the target address failed.
> > R
> > Transmission of the echo packet to the target address failed
> > because of lack of a
> > route to the target address.
> >
> > Check for tunnel protocol, etc.
> >
> > Bill Carter wrote:
> > >
> > > What does the EEEEE response mean in an Appletalk Ping. I have multiple
> > > paths to the 12-12 network. 1 through EIGRP and 1 through the Tunnel.
> > >
> > > R4#ping appl 12.2
> > >
> > > Type escape sequence to abort.
> > > Sending 5, 100-byte AppleTalk Echos to 12.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
> > > EEEEE
> > > Success rate is 0 percent (0/5)
> > >
> > > R4#sho appl route
> > > Codes: R - RTMP derived, E - EIGRP derived, C - connected, A - AURP
> > > S - static P - proxy
> > > 4 routes in internet
> > >
> > > The first zone listed for each entry is its default (primary) zone.
> > >
> > > A Net 12-12 [1/G] via 0.0, 981 sec, Tunnel0, zone 12ether
> > > C Net 43-43 directly connected, Ethernet0/0, zone r4r3ether
> > > C Net 45-45 directly connected, Serial0/0.5, zone 45frame
> > > E Net 56-56 [31/B] via 45.5, 932 sec, zone 56ether
> > >
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