Icmp Redirect Message

Type = 5

Code

Header Checksum

IP Address

IP Header + First 8 Bytes of Original
Datagram's Data

Type must be set to 5. The '''code''', which specifies the reason for the redirection, include the following:

Code	Description
0	Redirect for Network Error.
1	Redirect for Host Error.
2	Redirect for Type of Service and Network Error.
3	Redirect for Type of Service and Host Error.

The IP address is the 32-bit address of the gateway to which the redirection should be sent. The '''additional data''' is included to allow the host to match the reply with the request the caused the redirection reply.

REFERENCE

RFC 792

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