Re: Is Ignore interfaces supported?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 14:03 +0200, Benoit Boissinot wrote:
> 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.

Yes, multiple active connections are supported in 0.7.  This should only
have been an issue in 0.6.x which doesn't support more than one active
connection, and doesn't support static IPs very well.

Dan