Chuck, maybe I should get away from the coffee machine then :)
That was just a topic that was brought up in another Cisco newsgroup that I sign, and I tought I've read it somewhere but couldn't remember how was it done... anyway, thanks for the help :) Persio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck's Long Road" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 10:12 PM Subject: Re: TTL decrement [7:51860] > Well, according to RFC, TTL decrement is 1 and that's the law. > > it doesn't mean some bad boys out there do things to make TTL adjustments > possible. > > I checked the obvious suspect - route-map set statements - and did not find > anything. I quickly looked elsewhere in the global config did not reveal > anything that hit me over the head. > > That said, the only place I know for sure where a TTL can be adjusted > manually is in the use of the ebgp multiphop command, which changes the TTL > from 1 to whatever you want. > > It wouldn't surprise me to learn that Microsoft or Linux routing > implementations would permit this. Microsoft because they believe they > should be able to do whatever they want, and Linux because the open source > community just likes to play with the knobs. :-> > > I would suggest that screwing with TTL's is not the best way to manage > things. Why would you want to, anyway? > > > > > > ""Persio Pucci"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Folks, > > > > I remember reading somewhere that you can change the amount of units that > a > > router can decrement on the TTL of a received packet, but I can't remember > > where I read it and what is the command... or maybe I am just nuts :) > > > > Does anybody knows it? > > > > Regards, > > > > Persio Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=51893&t=51860 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
