Hi Groeten,
The IP address is already assigned to this interface
device eno5np0.
Please find my reply mail below.
Thanks,
Balaji
On Mon, 9 Oct 2023 at 20:39, Balaji G <gbalaji...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Geert,
>
> >>> During `ip link set down dev eno5np0` and `ip link set up dev eno5np0`
>
> >>>>> are NO IP-addresses involved.
>
> This interface eno5np0 is configured with the ip addresses(10.45.10.4 ).
>
> # ifconfig
>
> eno5np0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 10.45.10.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.45.10.255
> ether 88:e9:a4:49:18:48 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
> RX packets 2967346895 bytes 4417546189260 (4.0 TiB)
> RX errors 0 dropped 1 overruns 0 frame 0
> TX packets 1634521866 bytes 2220475762246 (2.0 TiB)
> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Balaji
>
>
>
> On Sun, 8 Oct 2023 at 20:58, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 4:58 AM Geert Stappers <stapp...@debian.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Sun, Oct 08, 2023 at 11:21:10AM +0530, Balaji G wrote:
>> > > On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 at 02:50, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>> > > > On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 2:04 PM Balaji G wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Hi,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I am using "Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)" with kernel version
>> 5.16.12.
>> > > > > When i do a link up/down i don't see any Gratuitous ARP being
>> sent.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eno5np0/arp_notify
>> > > > > # ip link set down dev eno5np0
>> > > > > # ip link set up dev eno5np0
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Captured all the packets via tcpdump & the tcpdump is not showing
>> any
>> > > > > Gratuitous ARP packets.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > But, with the same commands i could see the Gratuitous ARP being
>> sent in
>> > > > > Red hat.9.0 (Plow).
>> > > > >
>> > > > > So, please let me know if this is a specific scenario in Debian
>> 11 ??
>> > > >
>> > > > I think that's now Poettering:
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/src/libsystemd-network/sd-ipv4acd.c#L302
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > Do you mean this is a known issue & will be fixed in the future
>> releases ?
>> >
>> > Here not Jeff. What I do understand from Jeff message is
>> > something like: "I can bitch on systemd, so I do"
>> > Time will tell how much Jeff contributes in solving
>> > the interesting problem of the invisible gratuitous ARP.
>>
>> Nope, not that.
>>
>> I learned a long time ago to answer the question that was asked in the
>> body of the post.
>>
>> You're welcome to complain about Systemd all you like. You won't get
>> any complaints from me. It's not a discussion I will engage in.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>
