From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 4 7:29: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4572937B6D8 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 07:29:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA04516; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:28:59 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:28:59 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Len Conrad Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "redirect host" ping responses ? Message-ID: <20000404092859.C632@dan.emsphone.com> References: <4.3.1.2.20000404153702.00dbec30@mail.Go2France.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.1.9i In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000404153702.00dbec30@mail.Go2France.com>; from "Len Conrad" on Tue Apr 4 15:44:33 GMT 2000 X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In the last episode (Apr 04), Len Conrad said: > 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. > > What's this 'redirected host' mean? It's the FreeBSD box saying "My next hop for this packet is directly accessible to you, so why don't you just send your packets over there instead". -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message