On 1 July 2011 10:26, Brett Parker iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk wrote:
To do that, just add a simple entry in to your /etc/network/interfaces file that says: iface eth0 inet manual
and make sure that in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf there is a but that says:
[ifupdown] managed=false
Ta very much, that's done the trick :)
This sounds like a silly way of configuring switches, they should be configured with management interface on a vlan, and then you route that vlan between the switchs and attach your laptop to that vlan. Simples.
If the switches were all linked together, then yes. I've been setting up customer devices for multiple customers all week so this is not an option. Otherwise Marks idea would have been a good one I think; getting an intermediary device so my NIC never goes down.