NetworkManager unmanage devices dynamically

[mothran]

Currently if NetworkManager is present, Bunny will be interrupted and the interface will usually be brought back to managed mode from monitor. This can be solved currently by adding the following line to /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf:

[keyfile]
unmanaged-devices=mac:<MAC_ADDRESS_HERE>

I have tried looking at nmcli and the dbus interface and there does not appear to currently be a way to force NetworkManager to set a device as unmanaged dynamically. There appears to be an open ticket for this functionality here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680909

[Esser50K]

I ran into this issue and even with the mac address specification it may crash so to REALLY force it you can also name the interface name with:

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[keyfile]
unmanaged-devices=mac:(MAC_ADDRESS_HERE),interface-name:(INTERFACE_NAME_HERE)