On Oct 10, 2014, at 3:49 AM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > 6752 isn't germane; it has to do with using private IP addresses on routers, > which borks things up when the router has to generate an ICMP type 3.
I beg to differ, as noted by Owen DeLong in this same thread: On 9 October 2014 22:01, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: > Having public addresses in trace-routes, ideally with good reverse DNS > is actually useful. > Clarity is almost always an advantage over obscurity when one is > troubleshooting something. > Being able to ping the link address is useful for troubleshooting. > Being able to source packets from a particular link address can be > useful for troubleshooting. Several of the very same caveats apply - that's why I cited the informational RFC with regards to private IP addressing, rather than re-typing the same things all over again. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <[email protected]> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> Equo ne credite, Teucri. -- Laocoön
