Re: what to check? no IPV6 pings between nodes on the same switch

Reply: Benoit Chesneau : "Re: what to check? no IPV6 pings between nodes on the same switch"
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From: Michael Gmelin <grembo_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:01:32 UTC


On Mon, 15 Aug 2022 10:07:54 +0000
Benoit Chesneau <benoitc@enki-multimedia.eu> wrote:

> So I noticed that tcpdump was enabling the "promiscuous" mode to the
> interface. So I tried to do it manually: `ifconfig ql0 promisc` and
> ping worked even after disabling this mode `ifconfig ql0 -promisc`.
> 
> What does happen when the promiscuous mode is enabled? I'm not sure
> to understand what is the issue :/
> 

Does giving the interface also an IPv4 address make a
difference, e.g. ifconfig_ql0="inet 10.0.0.1/24"?

Best
Michael

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Michael Gmelin