Linu Mint 12 : how to disable network-manager and enable networking from remote hosts

I would not recommend the changing network settings from remote hosts.

So this info is as-is..

Linux Mint 12 ------ the remote host ( connect to the Linux Mint via SSH )

Before disabling network-manager , configure the IP addresses etc into the /etc/network/interfaces file as below.

# cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static        address 192.168.0.1        netmask 255.255.255.0        gateway 192.168.0.254        broadcast 192.168.0.255 auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp

#　sysv-rc-conf　network-manger　off;sysv-rc-conf　networking　on;/etc/init.d/network-manager　stop;/etc/init.d/networking restart

sysv-rc-conf is similar to chkconfig. 

You can install it by apt-get install sysv-rc-conf.

connect to the new address 192.168.0.1

# ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr"          inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

uninstall network-manager

# apt-get remove network-manager*