time-exceeded is TTL becoming 0.. are you sure you don't have a loop in
your topology?

On 19 July 2012 17:41, Eugene Pefti <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Guys,
> I was expecting the router will send ICMP host unreachable if the packet
> is sent to it to the destination the router doesn't have any route.
> Instead I see that it sends ICMP time exceeded:
>
> ICMP: time exceeded (time to live) sent to 141.1.25.2 (dest was
> 100.100.100.1)
>
> And hence the  task to stop sending ICMP unreachables doesn't work. Is
> there something I can verify?
> Or rather I should have formulated the question about the conditions when
> the ICMP unreachable or host unreachable are sent.
>
> ICMP unreachables are allowed on the interface in question:
>
>  R5#sh ip int Ser0/0/1
> Serial0/0/1 is up, line protocol is up
>   Internet address is 141.1.25.5/24
>   Broadcast address is 255.255.255.255
>   Address determined by non-volatile memory
>   MTU is 1500 bytes
>   Helper address is not set
>   Directed broadcast forwarding is disabled
>   Outgoing access list is not set
>   Inbound  access list is not set
>   Proxy ARP is enabled
>   Local Proxy ARP is disabled
>   Security level is default
>   Split horizon is enabled
>   ICMP redirects are always sent
>   *ICMP unreachables are always sent*
>   ICMP mask replies are never sent
>
> Eugene
>
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