On 8/27/13, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon 26 Aug 2013 at 16:45:59 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> I'm running the Gnome desktop environment, which uses the >> NetworkManager to manage the network interfaces. > > 1. Disable NM with > > update-rc.d network-manager disable > > You can enable it later by replacing "disable" with "enable". Note, > you will temporarily lose any capability for wireless connectivity, > > 2. In /etc/network/interfaces have only the loopback interface (lo) plus > > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > 3. Now do > > ifdown -v eth0 > > followed by (noting any screen output) > > ifup -v eth0
Alternatively to ifup, at this point can use eg dhclient -d eth0 quicker and no faffing with ifup/down for repeat test, and -d puts it in foreground so you can CTRL-C to stop it; if needed to finish testing: ifconfig eth0 down or ip link set dev eth0 down -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOsGNSRzCGAzys=oo_a+pxc4keu-dwrtc57vhurmgwdziky...@mail.gmail.com
