From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 4 6:45:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ms1.meiway.com (ms1.meiway.com [212.73.210.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DFA737B537 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 06:45:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lconrad@Go2France.com) Received: from sv.Go2France.com [212.73.210.79] by ms1.meiway.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-5.05) id A33D10B70204; Tue, 04 Apr 2000 15:50:53 +0200 Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20000404153702.00dbec30@mail.Go2France.com> X-Sender: lconrad%Go2France.com@mail.Go2France.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 15:44:33 +0200 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Len Conrad Subject: "redirect host" ping responses ? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG While connectivity appears to otherwise fine, we sometimes get this kind of ping response: 64 bytes from aaa.bbb.ccc.10: icmp_seq=9 ttl=126 time=19.805 ms 36 bytes from bb0-eth.gw1.domain.com (aaa.bbb.ccc.126): Redirect Host(New addr: aaa.bbb.ccc.71) Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst 4 5 00 5414 3898 0 0000 fe 01 3718 aaa.bbb.ccc.90 aaa.bbb.ccc.10 .126 is a FreeBSD router, and .71 is cisco running the WAN link to the host at .10, while the ping-emitting .90 is on the same LAN segment as the .126 and .71. Then immediately repeating the ping gives the usual, one-line ping output. What's this 'redirected host' mean? Len To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message