Hey all, Pop question. This is one of my burning annoyances with NetworkManager and maybe there's an easy way to do this and I just can't find it. But... How do I disable wireless networking by default. I can disable it but, the next time I log in, it's enabled again. I want it stone cold dead unless I overtly and explicitly choose to enabled it and then I want it off if I log out and log back in again. The problem is that I work in an environment that is very rich in IPv6 support, at home and at work and on the road and at my colocation facility. I have v6 everywhere. The problem is that NM brings up wlan0 long after eth0 has been up and then the wlan0 interface gets hit with a new RA (router advertisement) which then causes all the v6 traffic to be routed out through the wireless WHICH I DO NOT WANT even though the v4 default route is out eth0. Because wlan0 gets the RA later than the eth0 address in response to its RD (router discovery) request, it has a later expiration time on the routes so it gets preference over the eth0 interface. This is by design. It's the way v6 is suppose to work and is how you renumber autoconfed v6 networks. But is screws me over royally when I'm in a situation where I've got a hard wired network connection and the wireless is less than stable and keeps screwing up all my v6 connections. Disabling it after logging in is useless because it has already brought it up and loaded the v6 routes with a new default and that then just breaks things. I want wireless off and to STAY OFF unless I want it on and know that I want it on. But I can't find a sticky setting that basically tells it to play dead and STAY DEAD. (The wireless "switch" on my laptop only switches the bluetooth, unfortunately). Mike -- Michael H. Warfield (AI4NB) | (770) 985-6132 | mhw WittsEnd com /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/ | (678) 463-0932 | http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/ NIC whois: MHW9 | An optimist believes we live in the best of all PGP Key: 0x674627FF | possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it!
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