Re: ICMP redirect: please be more specific
James R. Leu (jleu@coredcs.com)
Tue, 5 Mar 1996 10:35:26 -0600 (CST)
>
> hello,
>
> I'm seeing ICMP redirects on two of our machines. One redirect definitely
> comes from our CISCO router, I'm not sure about the other redirector (but
> I don't really care, it's not a threat, but interesting...)
>
> The CISCO announces the redirection quite often: about 200 times in 5 minutes.
> But I just cannot image which route the CISCO wants to have changed, and
> for the other machine: it isn't even in our country (so why do they send
> me redirects ?)
>
> Therefore I'd like to ask to have a detailled printout of these ICMP
> redirects - in case of the CISCO, this could be because of some network
> misconfiguration, and for the other router, it's interesting enough
> what that machine is trying to tell me :-)
>
> /herp
Try downloading icmpinfo-1.1 from sunsite. ( /pub/Linux/system/Network... )
It will give detailed info on the ICMP packets.
Jim
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James R. Leu
Network Administrator
CORE Digital Communication Services
jleu@coredcs.com