How do I disable a network interface in Gutsy
David Vincent
dvincent at sleepdeprived.ca
Sat Nov 10 23:56:54 UTC 2007
Rashkae wrote:
> Charlie Kravetz wrote:
>
>> Go to System --> Administration --> Network, select the interface you
>> want to disable, and select properties. Uncheck ¨Enable roaming mode¨,
>> select ¨Configuration:¨ what mode you use (normally ¨Automatic
>> configuration (DHCP)¨, then ¨OK¨. Now you can enable/disable that
>> interface by placing a check mark in the square to the left of the
>> interface. When you enable it, Network Manager will connect it.
>>
>
> I can see where the interface needs a bit of work, but that works,
> thanks :) Now if only there was a way to turn Network Manager itself on
> off on the system, I would consider it ready for release. (Do I
> understand correctly that the intergration of NM into the system without
> a service init script is actually a Ubuntu 'inovation' over the base
> package? strange)
>
you should have asked earlier if you wanted to disable nm! :) look here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager#head-1de145d05f957ff659f5fdb58974ec3e5864def5
-d
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