From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 30 09:51:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3770416A4CE for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:51:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from ack.Berkeley.EDU (ack.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.206.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2337543D79 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:51:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mhunter@ack.Berkeley.EDU) Received: (from mhunter@localhost) by ack.Berkeley.EDU (8.11.3/8.11.3) id i0UHpAL19243 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:51:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:51:10 -0800 From: Mike Hunter To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040130175110.GA18346@ack.Berkeley.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Subject: net.inet.icmp.icmplim change issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:51:52 -0000 Greetings programs, I'm working on making a freebsd shuttle box to do throughput testing at remote sites on campus. There's a couple things I'd appreciate some advice about. I'm interested in turning off the icmp response limit. In /boot/loader.conf I have the following: net.inet.icmp.icmplim="0" Yet when I boot % sysctl -a | grep icmpl net.inet.icmp.icmplim: 200 net.inet.icmp.icmplim_output: 1 Doh! Would I need to recompile my kernel for some reason, or is /boot/loader.conf not the right place. Is this something I really shouldn't be doing? Thanks, Mike