Removing bridge in Network Manager

English Network/Internet
#1

I created a network bridge for use with qemu/kvm, with Network Manager nmcli command line. I followed these steps:

# Create bridge and add eth0 to it
nmcli con add type bridge ifname br0 stp no
nmcli con add type bridge-slave ifname eth0 master br0

# Disable current connection
nmcli con down "Wired connection 1"

# Enable the bridge
nmcli con up bridge-br0
nmcli con up bridge-slave-eth0

Fortunately it seemingly works.

But now I need to go back to original status without bridge. So I followed the process backwards: set the bridges down and deleted them.

Problem is, I was left with no eth0 “wired” connection. I had to either restart NetworkManager service or reboot.

But this feels like an ugly unorthodox way to restore original wired connection.
Is there a more “correct” way to do this by using nmcli?

Thanks beforehand for your attention.

#2

“Wired connect N” is automatically created by NetworkManager on startup for each wired interface if there is no other “better” persistent connection definition applicable to this interface. This connection is not stored persistently unless you modified it. So restarting NetworkManager is exactly the correct (actually, the only) way to get it back.

Is there a more “correct” way to do this by using nmcli?

You can use nmcli to define connection profile for this wired interface with any name you want including “Wired interface 1”. You can tell nmcli to not store this connection definition persistently, in which case on reboot you get back usual automatic connection.