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
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