Bridging eth0/br0 & NetworkManager - can they coexist?

[Steve Dowe <sd@warpuniversal.co.uk>]

Hello,

I have absolutely no doubt that someone reading this list knows more
than I do on this.. :)

The issue I'm having, using wheezy, is that if I set up a bridged
ethernet interface for eth0 (br0), as per instructions on the Debian
wiki etc, NetworkManager can no longer manage my wired ethernet connection.

If I edit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and change

[ifupdown]
managed=false

to

[ifupdown]
managed=true

then eth0 and br0 both pick up the same IP address.

This is my current /etc/network/interfaces:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo br0
iface lo inet loopback

# bridging
iface br0 inet dhcp
   bridge_ports eth0
   bridge_stp off
   bridge_maxwait 0
   bridge_fd 0


I must be missing something simple here.  Could anyone point me in the
right direction please?  Has anyone got a working config?

TIA...

Steve
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Steve Dowe

Warp Universal Limited
http://warp2.me/sd