Redirect Network(New nexthop: x.x.x.x)

dwarf007 · 05-13-2011, 03:06 AM

What does the below means?

64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=57 ttl=60 time=32.2 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=58 ttl=60 time=29.9 ms
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=59 ttl=60 time=37.9 ms
From x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=60 Redirect Network(New nexthop: x.x.x.x)
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=60 ttl=60 time=34.1 ms

kbp · 05-13-2011, 05:33 AM

Your current gateway(router) is telling you to use a different gateway to get to the target network. You can read about ICMP redirect messages here

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