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Date:      Thu, 22 Nov 2018 06:33:47 +0700
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
To:        Philip Homburg <pch-fbsd-1@u-1.phicoh.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: loss of network connectivity 12.0-RC1 / re0
Message-ID:  <d22a7b81-8b73-6caa-25af-9c1a96936036@grosbein.net>
In-Reply-To: <m1gPZfS-0000FkC@stereo.hq.phicoh.net>

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22.11.2018 4:04, Philip Homburg wrote:

>> Since installing one of the first betas of 12.0 and yesterday with RC1 I 
>> notice network connectivity failures every now and then. I have to
>> see if I can find the time to find a reliable trigger.
> 
> On a diffrent machine, this time with em0, starting tcpdump made IPv6 work 
> again. 

If you start tcpdump without "-p" option, this switches interface into promiscuous mode
and sometimes that resets something inside the chip or driver and acts as "poor man's interface reset".




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