Disable Network Manager
Disable Network Manager Debian: $ sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager stop $ sudo update-rc.d network-manager remove Ubuntu or Linux Mint $ sudo stop network-manager $ echo "manual" | sudo tee /etc/init/network-manager.override Fedora: $ sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager.service $ sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager.service $ sudo vi /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf [ifupdown] managed=false $ sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # network interface not managed by Network Manager allow-hotplug eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 10.0.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.0.0.1 dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8