On 10/11/19 7:57 AM, Ben Greear wrote: >> The down-up cycling is done on purpose - to clear out neigh entries and >> routes associated with the device under the old VRF. All entries must be >> created with the device in the new VRF. > > I believe I found another thing to be aware of relating to this. > > My logic has been to do supplicant, then do DHCP, and only when DHCP > responds do I set up the networking for the wifi station. > > It is at this time that I would be creating a VRF (or using routing rules > if not using VRF). > > But, when I add the station to the newly created vrf, then it bounces it, > and that causes supplicant to have to re-associate (I think, lots of > moving > pieces, so I could be missing something). > > Any chance you could just clear the neighbor entries and routes w/out > bouncing > the interface?
yes, it is annoying. I have been meaning to fix that, but never found the motivation to do it. If you have the time, it would be worth avoiding the overhead.
