ICMP Redirect on Resolvers

Mon Apr 8 05:32:48 UTC 2013

On Apr 7, 2013, at 18:47 , Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:25:30 -0700, Owen DeLong said:
> 
>>> Presumably nothing, as long as you guaranteed that your IP address, netmask,
>>> and routes actually match the reality of your network configuration.
> 
>> They also cover the case where there are two (or more) routers on the
>> network and you don't want to have to configure more specific routes
>> on all your workstations.
> 
> As I said - if your config (including routes) matches your network reality.
> Note that the rest of your comment addresses the case where your initial config
> doesn't match reality...
> 

Not true. Reality is that the default router configured on the hosts is capable
of getting the packets delivered. It's not optimal, but it is reality.

Owen