Hello misc, I'm running OpenBSD 4.6-current Dec 1.
#ifconfig em0 down #route monitor got message of size 208 on Sun Dec 6 00:49:46 2009 RTM_IFINFO: iface status change: len 208, if# 1, name: em0, link: active, flags:<BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> Note UP flag is removed but RUNNING flag is still there. Not sure if that matters that much. #ifconfig em0 <snip> em0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 <snip> #ospctl show int Interface Address State HelloTimer Linkstate Uptime nc ac em0 192.168.2.2/29 DOWN - active 00:00:00 2 0 #ifconfig em0 up #route monitor got message of size 208 on Sun Dec 6 00:53:41 2009 RTM_IFINFO: iface status change: len 208, if# 1, name: em0, link: active, flags:<UP,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> got message of size 208 on Sun Dec 6 00:53:41 2009 RTM_IFINFO: iface status change: len 208, if# 1, name: em0, link: no carrier, flags:<UP,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> got message of size 208 on Sun Dec 6 00:53:43 2009 RTM_IFINFO: iface status change: len 208, if# 1, name: em0, link: active, flags:<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> When I unplug the cable I get what I you would expect. got message of size 208 on Sun Dec 6 01:06:26 2009 RTM_IFINFO: iface status change: len 208, if# 1, name: em0, link: no carrier, flags:<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> got message of size 208 on Sun Dec 6 01:06:48 2009 RTM_IFINFO: iface status change: len 208, if# 1, name: em0, link: active, flags:<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> This makes ospfd do some extra bouncing around when testing failover. dmo