Re: Can I have NetworkManager release wirelecc card?

[David <david m roth gmail com>]

Sorry, you're right. I did not read you question thoughly. Here is another way:

Modify "/etc/network/interfaces" with your favorite text editor. Then
add these two lines:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

save and restart NetworkManager (sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager
restart). From this point on NetworkManager will ignore this
interface. Hopefully this helps!

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Darren Albers <dalbers gmail com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Xamindar <junkxamindar gmail com> wrote:
>  > Please read my original post again.  I want to keep NetworkManager
>  >  running but just release it from using a particular wireless card
>  >  (wlan0) so that another program can use it and then hopefully have a way
>  >  to get it to use the card again when I need it to.
>  >  /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop is what I am doing now but that stops
>  >  the whole thing.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  David wrote:
>  >  > Yes, from the command prompt/terminal type: "sudo
>  >  > /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop"
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >>  On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Xamindar <junkxamindar gmail com> wrote:
>  >  >>  > Is there a way ho have NetworkManager release the network card
>  >  >>  >  temporarily so I can use another program such as airdump without having
>  >  >>  >  to turn off the NetworkManager completely?
>  >  >>  >
>  >  >>  >  Even a command option that would release the wireless card only so I can
>  >  >>  >  still use NetworkManager to connect to a wired network (or even use a
>  >  >>  >  second wireless card) would be really usefull.
>  >  >>  >
>  >  >>  >  Thanks for any help
>  >  >>  >  _______________________________________________
>
>  Have you tried just unchecking enable wireless when right-clicking on
>  the applet?   I don't have Kismet on this laptop so I can't try this
>  on my side but I can try it tomorrow.
>