Re: Is Ignore interfaces supported?

["Benoit Boissinot" <bboissin+networkmanager gmail com>]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Simon Geard <delgarde ihug co nz> wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 09:22 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>  > On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 11:45 +0000, Nick Byrne wrote:
>  > > Hi list,
>  > >
>  > > I would like configure NM so that ignores my ethernet
>  > > interfaces, is this possible?
>  > >
>  > > Thanks
>  > > Nick
>  > Why would you want to do that?
>
>  I've encountered a similar need myself before, where on plugging in a
>  crossover-cable to a machine without internet access, NM under no
>  circumstances would allow me to continue using WiFi. Had to shut it
>  down, and establish both ethernet and wireless connections by hand...
>
Maybe network-manager could deactivated the previous connection only
if the now one works better (has a default route for example).
But if multiple interface are supported this will be solved anyway as
a side effect.

regards,

Benoit