IP Routing Features

Configuring IP Parameters for Routing Switches

To enable forwarding of IP directed broadcasts, enter the following CLI command:

ProCurve(config)# ip directed-broadcast

Syntax: [no] ip directed-broadcast

ProCurve software makes the forwarding decision based on the routing switch's knowledge of the destination network prefix. Routers cannot deter­ mine that a message is unicast or directed broadcast apart from the destina­ tion network prefix. The decision to forward or not forward the message is by definition only possible in the last hop router.

To disable the directed broadcasts, enter the following CLI command:

ProCurve(config)# no ip directed-broadcast

Configuring ICMP

You can configure the following ICMP limits:

Burst-Normal– The maximum number of ICMP replies to send per second.

Reply Limit – You can enable or disable ICMP reply rate limiting.

Disabling ICMP Messages

ProCurve devices are enabled to reply to ICMP echo messages and send ICMP Destination Unreachable messages by default.

You can selectively disable the following types of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) messages:

Echo messages (ping messages) – The routing switch replies to IP pings from other IP devices.

Destination Unreachable messages – If the routing switch receives an IP packet that it cannot deliver to its destination, the routing switch discards the packet and sends a message back to the device that sent the packet to the routing switch. The message informs the device that the destination cannot be reached by the routing switch.

Address Mask replies – You can enable or disable ICMP address mask replies.

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