ICMP Destination Unreachable
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The Destination Unreachable message is an ICMP message which is generated by the router to inform the client that the destination host is unreachable. The error will not be generated if the original datagram has a multicast destination address. Reasons for this message may include: the physical connection to the host does not exist (distance is infinite); the indicated protocol or port is not active; the data must be fragmented but the 'don't fragment' flag is on.
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The type field (bits 0-7) must be set to 3. The code field (bits 8-15) is used to specify the type of error, and can be any of the following:
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Network unreachable error. |
| 1 | Host unreachable error. |
| 2 | Protocol unreachable error (the designated transport protocol is not supported). |
| 3 | Port unreachable error (the designated protocol is unable to inform the host of the incoming message). |
| 4 | The datagram is too big. Packet fragmentation is required but the 'don't fragment' (DF) flag is on. |
| 5 | Source route failed error. |
| 6 | Destination network unknown error. |
| 7 | Destination host unknown error. |
| 8 | Source host isolated error (military use only). |
| 9 | The destination network is administratively prohibited. |
| 10 | The destination host is administratively prohibited. |
| 11 | The network is unreachable for Type Of Service. |
| 12 | The host is unreachable for Type Of Service. |
| 13 | Communication administratively prohibited (administrative filtering prevents packet from being forwarded). |
| 14 | Host precedence violation (indicates the requested precedence is not permitted for the combination of host or network and port). |
| 15 | Precedence cutoff in effect (precedence of datagram is below the level set by the network administrators). |
The Next-Hop MTU field (bits 48-63) contains the MTU of the next-hop network if a code 4 error occurs. The additional data (bits 64-95) is included to allow the client to match the reply with the request the caused the destination unreachable reply.
