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Re: Bridging eth0/br0 & NetworkManager - can they coexist?



On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:47:29PM +0100, Chris Davies wrote:
> 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.
> 
> You can't do that  :-(
> 
> If you need a bridge (like I do), AFAIK the only two solutions are:
> 
> - uninstall network manager and return to using /etc/network/interfaces
> - add the missing code to network manager

You don't need to remove NM. I have it managing my wifi and 3G connections,
but manage eth0 via ifupdown (and attach it to a bridge).


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