show interface displays the interface’s admin state. show hardware displays the interface’s operational link state. The link down is likely caused by memif configuration error. Please check your configuration on both sides to make sure they match. Some tips to debug, show memif set logging class memif plugin level debug show log
As to why traffic is forwarded to the memif interface, who knows what you got in the mfib table. You need to look into the mfib table and check. Steven From: <vpp-dev@lists.fd.io> on behalf of "tahir.a.sangli...@gmail.com" <tahir.a.sangli...@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 1:27 PM To: "vpp-dev@lists.fd.io" <vpp-dev@lists.fd.io> Subject: Re: [vpp-dev] Multicast packets sent via memif when rule says to forward through another interface Thank you for your reply! yes the memif interface is down, in $sh hardware, it shows up in $sh int. what could be the reason for this discrepancy? still not clear why its choosing memif when mfib rule says forward on HundredGigabitEthernet12/0/0.501 ip mroute add ff38:23:2001:5b0:2000::8000/128 via tuntap-0 Accept ip mroute add ff38:23:2001:5b0:2000::8000/128 via HundredGigabitEthernet12/0/0.501 Forward vpp#sh hardware memif81/0 21 down memif81/0 Link speed: unknown memif-ip MEMIF interface instance 15 vpp#sh int memif81/0 23 up 9000/0/0/0
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