Special thanks to Stan Dunten, Charlie Clark, Maria Arista and Bruce Kozlik.

The version number of AppleTalk you are using.

The Ethernet address of your Macintosh.

The IP subnet mask of your Macintosh in dotted-decimal notation.  

The IP address of your Macintosh in dotted-decimal notation.  This is the address that MacTCP uses.

The AppleTalk address of your Macintosh (network/node).

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“Ping” stands for Packet InterNet Groper.  This is a program that tests the reachability of devices on an internet by sending an echo request and waiting for a reply.