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 7-2 Common
Network Problems That Affect PPP | | |
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.
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