How to force NetworkManager to ignore a specific interface ( such as wireless ) ... and interface name change ?
Andy Green
andy at warmcat.com
Fri Sep 21 05:49:25 UTC 2007
Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> Hi,
>
> 1) I have decided to turn off wireless for awhile ( troubleshooting on
> the new kernel, as the new kernel seems to hang, etc.. ):
>
> # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
> # Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART
> DEVICE=eth1
> ONBOOT=no
> < ... snip ...>
>
> Also decided to delete the wireles firmware files for my device (
> bcm43xx ) from /lib/firmware.
Leave the firmware, defeat the driver module loading instead. In
/etc/modprobe.conf
install b43 /bin/true
-Andy
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