<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> Hi guys. how would you keep an Ethernet link/port powered down? I was thinking I'll try first _udev_ rules - given other tools/managers are told to stay away from the link/port just as an extra precaution, complementing this: [keyfile] unmanaged-devices=interface-name:gateway in NM's conf, but that part of the config - in order for NM to be able to bring iface up/down again - needs to be absent/not-used & NM has to reloaded. Anybody would have a better, more practical solution? Just to stress - this is about having physical port "powered-down" and not just NM profile/iface not being up. many thanks, L. </body> </html>