Mike Evans wrote:
For machines with a wired connection I have been in the habit of
disabling NM and using the good old network service. Works like a dream
and doesn't need tampering with. You can do that through the
Admin->services gui if you don't like fiddling with the links in the
init directories.
But most people nowadays use a WiFi connection, at least on laptops,
so the advice to use "the good old network service" is not much help.
as the network service is much, much worse than NM with WiFi
in my experience.
Both are completely undocumented, so one is in the world of magic.