disable icmp useredirects

disable icmp useredirects

Description

Disables the modification of route table information when an ICMP redirect message is received.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or variables.

Default

Disabled.

Usage Guidelines

This option only applies to the switch when the switch is not in routing mode.

If the switch has a route to a destination network, the switch uses that router as the gateway to forward the packets to. If that router knows about a better route to the destination, and the next hop is in the same subnet as the originating router, the second router sends an ICMP redirect message to the first router. If ICMP useredirects is disabled, the switch disregards these messages and continues to send the packets to the second router.

Example

The following example disables the changing of routing table information:

disable icmp useredirects

History

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 10.1.

Platform Availability

This command is available on all Universal switches supported in this document.