.TH appletalk 8
.SH NAME

appletalk - enables you to configure and display AppleTalk
network interfaces

.SH SYNOPSIS
appletalk [[-u  
.I network-interface
[-h
.I default-zone
] [-q]] | [[-r|-x] [-c] [-f
.I config-file
] [-q] [-v 
.I value
] [-w 
.I value
]]] [-d] [-C
.I name
] [-n] [-p] [-s] [-j] [-m
.I value
] [-t] [-z]

.SH ARGUMENTS
.SH "    Starting Appletalk in single port mode:"

.TP 8
-u
.I network-interface
.TP 8
-q
Start AppleTalk in non-interactive mode, without prompting the user for zones.
This option is valid only with -u (or -[rx], see below).

.SH "    Starting Appletalk on multiple ports:"

.TP 8
-r
Start AppleTalk in routing mode.
.TP 8
-x
Start AppleTalk in multi-homing mode.

.SH "    Modifiers for single port mode:"

.TP 8
-h
.I default-zone

Check / modify the future default zone.
.SH "    Modifiers for multiple ports:"

.TP 8
-c
Check config file only.
.TP 8
-e
Check and display configuration only.
.TP 8
-f
.I config-file

Specify a configuration file.  The default configuration file is
.I /etc/appletalk.cfg
\.
.TP 8
-q
Start AppleTalk in non-interactive mode, without prompting the user for zones.
This option is valid only with -r or -x (or -u, see above).
.TP 8
-v
.I value

Set the maximum number of routing table entries to
.I value
\.
.TP 8
-w
.I value

Set the maximum number of zip table entries to
.I value
\.

.SH "    Other commands:"

.TP 8
-d
Makes AppleTalk inactive. You must be logged in as "root" to issue this command.
.TP 8
-C
.I name

Specify the computer name. The default name is determine via the uname(3)
command.  Non-ASCII strings can be specified by using a hexadecimal
representation of the characters and enclosing the hex string within
"*" characters.
.TP 8
-n   
Displays the current AppleTalk network number and node id.
.TP 8
-p
Print saved PRAM AppleTalk information.
.TP 8
-s
Show statistics and error counts.

.SH Other routing commands.

.TP 8
-j
Print router status.
.TP 8
-m
.I value

Set the maximum routing, in packets per second, to
.I value
\.
.TP 8
-t
Display the routing table.
.TP 8
-z
Display the zone list.

.SH DESCRIPTION
.I appletalk 
displays the status of an active AppleTalk
interface, selects an AppleTalk interface, and makes
AppleTalk active or inactive.  Any user can display
statistics, but only users logged in as root can select an
AppleTalk interface or make it active or inactive.

.SH EXAMPLES
To display the current AppleTalk status, enter this command line:

appletalk -s

To make AppleTalk inactive, enter this command line:

appletalk -d

To make AppleTalk active on interface en0, enter this command line:

appletalk -u en0

.SH FILES
/usr/sbin/appletalk
    Executable file

/etc/appletalk.cfg
    Configuration file

.SH SEE ALSO
appletalk.cfg(5), appleping(1), at_cho_prn(8), atlookup(1), atprint(1), atstatus(1)