console messages

Adrian Bridgett (adrian.bridgett@poboxes.com)
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 20:43:33 +0100


I keep getting "a.b.c.d. sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast" messages
on the console. This is from line 682 of net/ipv4/icmp.c (2.1.96):

printk("%s sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast.\n",

This needs a KERN_INFO or KERN_DEBUG inserted - for as the code says:

/*
* Check the other end isnt violating RFC 1122. Some routers send
* bogus responses to broadcast frames. If you see this message
* first check your netmask matches at both ends, if it does then
* get the other vendor to fix their kit.
*/

The message pops up so often that it makes the console unusable for normal
purposes. I've only just found out about /proc/sys/kernel/printk BTW.

Cheers

Adrian

email: adrian.bridgett@poboxes.com, http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett
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