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Managing Serial Networks Using UUCP and PPP in Oracle® Solaris 11.3

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Updated: October 2017
 
 

Common Network Problems That Affect PPP

You can use the messages that are generated by netstat –s to fix the network problems that are shown in the following table. For related procedural information, refer to How to Diagnose Network Problems.

Table 20  Common Network Problems That Affect PPP
Message
Problem
Solution
IP packets not forwardable
The local host is missing a route.
Add the missing route to the local host's routing tables.
ICMP input destination unreachable
The local host is missing a route.
Add the missing route to the local host's routing tables.
ICMP time exceeded
Two routers are forwarding the same destination address to each other, causing the packet to bounce back and forth until the time-to-live (TTL) value is exceeded.
Use traceroute to find the source of the routing loop, and then contact the administrator of the router in error. For information about traceroute, refer to the traceroute(1M) man page.
IP packets not forwardable
The local host is missing a route.
Add the missing route to the local host's routing table.
ICMP input destination unreachable
The local host is missing a route.
Add the missing route to the local host's routing tables.