Re: Bug#2105: console error messages "Source Route Failed."

["Peter Tobias" <tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de>]

James D. Freels wrote:
> Package: netbase, netstd
> Version: 1.20-1, 1.22-1
> 
> I receive the following error message at the console over and over
> again:
> 
> ICMP: 138.72.50.60: Source Route Failed
> 
> I have also received the following message a very few times:
> 
> ICMP: 194.108.147.5:  Source Route Failed

It's a message from the kernel. If I remember correctly you need
support for IP options to use the source routing (and the 1.2.13
kernel does not support IP options). I don't think it's a bug,
it's just a missing feature.


Peter

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