On 06 Aug 2009, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:50:29 +0100 > Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.org.uk> wrote: > > > When I installed network-manager a week ago it blocked wired access to my > > router. I expect I could have reconfigured it in some way but it turned > > out to be unnecessary for my purpose so I removed it and everything > > worked normally again. This isn't an argument against using > > network-manager, just a warning of something to look out for. > > > > I guess that you setup things in /etc/network/interfaces. When using network > manager or wicd you should not have any interfaces that you want to manage > with > them appear in /etc/network/interfaces. Also, by default they both try to use > dhcp to setup the nic. If you use a specific address then it needs to be setup > explicitly. They are much more useful for roaming connections (moving from > wifi > to/from wired on a laptop) and are not too useful on a desktop. > > > Anthony
Yes, that's correct; I do have /etc/network/interfaces set up. I don't need either network-manager or wicd here. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
