What does it mean when ping output returns 'Redirect Host(New nexthop: )'

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Issue

  • Seeing unusual output from ping, is this an issue?
[root@test1 ~]# ping 10.240.18.5
PING 10.240.18.5 (10.240.18.5) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=4 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=5 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=6 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=8 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=9 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=10 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=17 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=18 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=19 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=24 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=26 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)
From 192.168.68.3: icmp_seq=29 Redirect Host(New nexthop: 192.168.68.4)

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