loss of network connectivity 12.0-RC1 / re0

[Eugene Grosbein]

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".