The APING utility

In an APPC environment, you can use the APING utility to test a connection. APING exchanges data packets with a partner computer over APPC and times how long the data transfer takes. It can be used to get a first estimate of the session setup time between two computers and the throughput and turnaround time on that APPC session. You can use APING to determine whether a session can be set up between two computers and to display extensive error information if session allocation fails. APING consists of two transaction programs: APING, which runs on the client side, and APINGD, which runs on the server side.