Re: Bridging eth0/br0 & NetworkManager - can they coexist?
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Steve Dowe <sd@warpuniversal.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 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
NM's now doing bridging but has it been patched to understand Debian's
"/etc/network/interfaces"? (It understands Fedora's ifcfg-style
network configuration.)
Does bridging work without the additional settings below?
<begin>
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
</end>
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