How do I stop eth0?

[Tony Arnold]

Jan,

Jan Moren wrote:
> I wonder how I stop eth0 from being brought up whenever I come back from
> sleep? Or from booting, for that matter?

Comment out or remove the line 'auto eth0' in /etc/network/interfaces.
You will need to be root or use sudo to edit this file.

Or you could use the menu entry System->Administration->Networking and
deactivate the interface.

Regards,
Tony.
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