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Disable ICMP Re-direct Packets (Doc ID 2505028.1)

Last updated on MAY 24, 2020

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.6 and later
Linux x86-64

Goal

Disable ICMP redirect processing, which may help maintain network connectivity in situations where a confused switch or network server shunts traffic away from the selected path.
 

Solution

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In this Document
Goal
Solution
 Disable ICMP Redirect From The Command Line
 For all network interfaces
 For a selected network interface, such as eth0
 Disable ICMP Redirect Persistently


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