> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://hackerlab.gitbook.io/wiki.hackerlab.cz/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://hackerlab.gitbook.io/wiki.hackerlab.cz/linux/network-manager.md). # Network Manager Even we disable wifi radio or all network interfaces via network manager CLI or GUI the wifi monitoring programs are going to complain about interference with running Network Manager process. It's better to stop the process itself. ## Stop Network Manager Completely ``` systemctl stop NetworkManager ``` ## Disable Wifi Only ``` nmcli radio wifi off # reverse change back nmcli radio wifi on ``` ## List Devices The wifi radio device is now unmanaged - out of NetworkManager hands ``` nmcli device DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION eth0 ethernet connected Wired connection 1 wlan0 wifi unavailable -- lo loopback unmanaged -- ``` ## Disable Networking In order to disable management of all cards by network manager we can use network configuraiton option ``` mcli networking off ``` ``` nmcli device 2 тип DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION eth0 ethernet unmanaged -- lo loopback unmanaged -- wlan0 wifi unmanaged -- ```