All active interfaces are disconnected from the network when stopping NetworkManager service. Why ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After stopping NetworkManager service by below command, all interfaces which are currently active gets disconnect from network.
# /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • NetworkManager

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