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Date:      Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:28:59 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        Len Conrad <lconrad@Go2France.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "redirect host" ping responses ?
Message-ID:  <20000404092859.C632@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000404153702.00dbec30@mail.Go2France.com>; from "Len Conrad" on Tue Apr  4 15:44:33 GMT 2000
References:  <4.3.1.2.20000404153702.00dbec30@mail.Go2France.com>

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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


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