IP Routing Features

Configuring IP Parameters for Routing Switches

Disabling Replies to Broadcast Ping Requests

By default, ProCurve devices are enabled to respond to broadcast ICMP echo packets, which are ping requests. You can disable response to ping requests on a global basis using the following CLI method.

To disable response to broadcast ICMP echo packets (ping requests), enter the following command:

ProCurve(config)# no ip icmp echo broadcast-request

Syntax: [no] ip icmp echo broadcast-request

If you need to re-enable response to ping requests, enter the following command:

ProCurve(config)# ip icmp echo broadcast-request

Disabling ICMP Destination Unreachable Messages

By default, when a ProCurve device receives an IP packet that the device cannot deliver, the device sends an ICMP Unreachable message back to the host that sent the packet. The following types of ICMP Unreachable messages are generated:

Administration – The packet was dropped by the ProCurve device due to a filter or ACL configured on the device.

Fragmentation-needed– The packet has the Don’t Fragment bit set in the IP Flag field, but the ProCurve device cannot forward the packet without fragmenting it.

Host – The destination network or sub-net of the packet is directly connected to the ProCurve device, but the host specified in the destination IP address of the packet is not on the network.

Network – The ProCurve device cannot reach the network specified in the destination IP address of the packet.

Port – The destination host does not have the destination TCP or UDP port specified in the packet. In this case, the host sends the ICMP Port Unreachable message to the ProCurve device, which in turn sends the message to the host that sent the packet.

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