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Re: ifwatchd(8) and interface carrier changes



On Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 10:46:33AM +0200, Hauke Fath wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 10:27:53 +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 09:57:33AM +0200, Hauke Fath wrote:
> >> I see that the ethernet interface (wm(4) in this case) keeps the IP 
> >> configuration when the carrier goes away and the wifi interface is 
> >> being brought up, which leads to confusion in my setup.
> > 
> > Are you running dhcpcd?
> 
> Yes. And wpa_supplicant(8), of course. It's a bit of a maze...

Yes ;-)  I have some similar machines and am always happy to simplify
things further whenever possible.

I thought our dhcpcd would have an option to unbind an interface when carrier
drops (and doesn't quickly come back), but I couldn't find it now.

Martin



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