Re: I probably have the wrong idea for NetworkManager...

[Matthew Saltzman <mjs clemson edu>]

On Sat, 2008-05-31 at 15:56 -0400, Rick Beldin wrote:
> Let me ask this - are you able to disable the wired interface at all?
> I can select the checkbox to turn it off,  close the interface and
> find the foolish thing back on minutes later.
> 
> In fact, if there was a way to configure it so that it would not pay
> any attention to the wired interface, I'd be relatively happy.   It
> seems that when we try to get a dhcp address on the wired interface is
> when my vpn drops.

In Fedora, network interfaces are configured in files
like /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.  There is a parameter in
that file that prevents NM from managing the interface.  That parameter
is settable through the GUI interface manager, system-config-network.  

In the latest NM for Fedora, there is a first cut at an interface
manager in nm-applet (right-click, select "edit connections".  There,
you can't do much yet, but you can delete an interface.  I haven't tried
it with the wired interface, though.

You've clipped the context, so I don't recall what you are running.  I
suspect there is something similar in Ubuntu.
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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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