RE: proxy and router ICMP redirect messages??

> 2w0d: ICMP: redirect sent to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx for dest yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy,
> use gw aaa.aaa.aaa.aa
>
        These are nothing to do with squid. They may just be
        the result of some transparent proxying strategies,
        although not the single machine Linux approach, and
        not the result of the squid parts of the solution.

> where xxx is the proxy ip, yyy is the dial-up ip and aaa is the
> gateway...
>
> does anyone know what these are ?? I think these messages increases my
> LAN traffic, so I have to learn what are these....
>
        They are your machine telling some other machine that they
        shouldn't have your machine set as the default gateway, but
        should have gw configured as the default gateway. Fix the
        routing configuration on the up stream machine.

        Actually, if it really is reporting the ISP address, one has
        to ask why anyone on the inside is trying to send to that address
        and fix that.
Received on Wed Jul 14 1999 - 09:36:16 MDT