Why does `nmcli` show different MTU output than `ip a`?

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Issue

  • When running nmcli we see a different MTU than is currently configured
[root@localhost ~]# nmcli 
ens9: connected to ens9
    "Red Hat Virtio network device"
    ethernet (virtio_net), 52:54:00:33:A3:BD, hw, mtu 1500  
    inet4 192.168.122.229/24
    inet6 fe80::f73e:af7e:71a8:125c/64

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
  • NetworkManager-1.4.0-14.el7_3

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