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ICMP Destination Network Access Denied

Counter

ICMP Destination Network Access Denied events are counted in the ICMP All Errors and the ICMP Destination Unreachable counters. A count of all destination unreachable ICMP symptoms and a count of all ICMP errors displays in the Overview counters of Expert View. A threshold can be set in Expert Alarms for all destination unreachable ICMP errors or for all ICMP errors.

Expert Symptom

ICMP Destination Network Access Denied events are automatically logged as expert symptoms. The Symptom Summary field provides information about the IP addresses involved. For example:

[206.250.228.69] cannot be reached by [206.250.228.11].

SA=[206.250.228.11] DA=[206.250.228.69]

Diagnostic Details

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Problem Description:

An ICMP Destination Network Administratively Prohibited message has been sent.

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Probable Cause(s):

1.If a router has a routing table problem, it may send this message.

2.A host may send this message if the network does not have proper access.

3.The source may have an incorrectly configured subnet mask.

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Recommended Action(s):

1.Check the routing tables of the router that this message was generated from.

2.Check the netmask configuration of the source and/or the router.

3.Ignore this message if the network is truly prohibited (no action required).

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