ICMP Types List

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Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Parameters

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The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) has many messages that are identified by a "type" field.

Type	Name	Reference
0	Echo Reply	[RFC792]
1	Unassigned	[JBP]
2	Unassigned	[JBP]
3	Destination Unreachable	[RFC792]
4	Source Quench (Deprecated)	[RFC792][RFC6633]
5	Redirect	[RFC792]
6	Alternate Host Address	[JBP]
7	Unassigned	[JBP]
8	Echo	[RFC792]
9	Router Advertisement	[RFC1256]
10	Router Solicitation	[RFC1256]
11	Time Exceeded	[RFC792]
12	Parameter Problem	[RFC792]
13	Timestamp	[RFC792]
14	Timestamp Reply	[RFC792]
15	Information Request	[RFC792]
16	Information Reply	[RFC792]
17	Address Mask Request	[RFC950]
18	Address Mask Reply	[RFC950]
19	Reserved (for Security)	[Solo]
20-29	Reserved (for Robustness Experiment)	[ZSu]
30	Traceroute	[RFC1393]
31	Datagram Conversion Error	[RFC1475]
32	Mobile Host Redirect	[David_Johnson]
33	IPv6 Where-Are-You	[Simpson]
34	IPv6 I-Am-Here	[Simpson]
35	Mobile Registration Request	[Simpson]
36	Mobile Registration Reply	[Simpson]
37	Domain Name Request	[RFC1788]
38	Domain Name Reply	[RFC1788]
39	SKIP	[Markson]
40	Photuris	[RFC2521]
41	ICMP messages utilized by experimental mobility protocols such as Seamoby	[RFC4065]
42-255	Reserved	[JBP]

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