diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6bf34253..bfa5313f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ fpm -s dir -t rpm -n core \
 	-p core_$(PYTHON)_VERSION_ARCH.rpm \
 	-v $(PACKAGE_VERSION) \
 	--rpm-init scripts/core-daemon \
+	-d "ethtool" \
 	-d "tcl" \
 	-d "tk" \
 	-d "procps-ng" \
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ fpm -s dir -t deb -n core \
 	-p core_$(PYTHON)_VERSION_ARCH.deb \
 	-v $(PACKAGE_VERSION) \
 	--deb-systemd scripts/core-daemon.service \
+	-d "ethtool" \
 	-d "tcl" \
 	-d "tk" \
 	-d "libtk-img" \
diff --git a/daemon/core/constants.py.in b/daemon/core/constants.py.in
index 0cb3750e..a84a375a 100644
--- a/daemon/core/constants.py.in
+++ b/daemon/core/constants.py.in
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ VCMD_BIN = which("vcmd")
 BRCTL_BIN = which("brctl")
 SYSCTL_BIN = which("sysctl")
 IP_BIN = which("ip")
+ETHTOOL_BIN = which("ethtool")
 TC_BIN = which("tc")
 EBTABLES_BIN = which("ebtables")
 MOUNT_BIN = which("mount")
diff --git a/daemon/core/nodes/base.py b/daemon/core/nodes/base.py
index 05b45b4c..555eda78 100644
--- a/daemon/core/nodes/base.py
+++ b/daemon/core/nodes/base.py
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ class CoreNode(CoreNodeBase):
             if self.up:
                 utils.check_cmd([constants.IP_BIN, "link", "set", veth.name, "netns", str(self.pid)])
                 self.check_cmd([constants.IP_BIN, "link", "set", veth.name, "name", ifname])
+                self.check_cmd([constants.ETHTOOL_BIN, "-K", ifname, "rx", "off", "tx", "off"])
 
             veth.name = ifname
 
diff --git a/daemon/core/nodes/client.py b/daemon/core/nodes/client.py
index 8530804b..d2d6cc4d 100644
--- a/daemon/core/nodes/client.py
+++ b/daemon/core/nodes/client.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class VnodeClient(object):
 
         # run command, return process when not waiting
         cmd = self._cmd_args() + args
-        logging.info("cmd wait(%s): %s", wait, cmd)
+        logging.debug("cmd wait(%s): %s", wait, cmd)
         p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
         if not wait:
             return 0
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class VnodeClient(object):
         self._verify_connection()
         args = utils.split_args(args)
         cmd = self._cmd_args() + args
-        logging.info("popen: %s", cmd)
+        logging.debug("popen: %s", cmd)
         p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdin=PIPE)
         return p, p.stdin, p.stdout, p.stderr
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class VnodeClient(object):
         # run command, return process when not waiting
         args = utils.split_args(args)
         cmd = self._cmd_args() + args
-        logging.info("redircmd: %s", cmd)
+        logging.debug("redircmd: %s", cmd)
         p = Popen(cmd, stdin=infd, stdout=outfd, stderr=errfd)
 
         if not wait:
diff --git a/daemon/core/utils.py b/daemon/core/utils.py
index 5b18f230..ac76e693 100644
--- a/daemon/core/utils.py
+++ b/daemon/core/utils.py
@@ -148,9 +148,7 @@ def split_args(args):
     :return: shell-like syntax list
     :rtype: list
     """
-    logging.info("split args: %s - %s", args, type(args))
     if isinstance(args, basestring):
-        logging.info("splitting args")
         args = shlex.split(args)
     return args