Re: Link flap for setting ether/MAC address

2019-09-22 Thread Hiroki Sato
Anish wrote in : ak> Hi all, ak> Got a very basic question, why physical link is flapped when we set the ak> address ak> ak> # dmesg -c ak> # ifconfig ix1 ether 70:6d:15:1f:12:72 ak> ..wait.. ak> # dmesg ak> ix1: link state changed to DOWN ak> ix1: link state changed to UP ak> # ak> ak> is this

Link flap for setting ether/MAC address

2019-09-11 Thread Anish
Hi all, Got a very basic question, why physical link is flapped when we set the address # dmesg -c # ifconfig ix1 ether 70:6d:15:1f:12:72 ..wait.. # dmesg ix1: link state changed to DOWN ix1: link state changed to UP # is this a bug or expected behavior? We could update our MAC in next ARP reques