| 2013-02-22 17:27:58 |
George Gill |
description |
Scenario:
I'm in a place that has a WLAN, but either I don't have authorization for it, or it's somehow broken.
I make a connection through my phone using DUN (other protocols are possible I think, but that's how I do it.)
This works pretty well in itself, although it's not as fast as WLAN.
But then NetworkManager (I think) keeps popping up dialogs that say
Wireless Network Authentication Required
and ask for a password.
This is very annoying. It interferes with whatever I'm doing, and is embarrassing in meetings.
(Damn, it just did it again.)
It might make sense to inform a DUN user that a faster network is available, via a notification perhaps that does not otherwise interfere with typing. A dialog popping up is *not* the right answer.
But such notifications should be optional (you don't want them when doing a presentation, for instance.)
Thanks!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 29 12:17:13 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
IpRoute:
default via 10.6.6.6 dev ppp0 proto static
10.6.6.6 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 10.131.160.144
169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WiMAXEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-09 (19 days ago)
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
3C:8B:FE:E4:6D:38 bluetooth disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/43
20:D6:07:F9:00:49 bluetooth connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/42
wlan1 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/41
eth1 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled |
Scenario:
I'm in a place that has a WLAN, but either I don't have authorization for it, or it's somehow broken.
I make a connection through my phone using DUN (other protocols are possible I think, but that's how I do it.)
This works pretty well in itself, although it's not as fast as WLAN.
But then NetworkManager (I think) keeps popping up dialogs that say
Wireless Network Authentication Required
and ask for a password.
This is very annoying. It interferes with whatever I'm doing, and is embarrassing in meetings.
(It just did it again.)
It might make sense to inform a DUN user that a faster network is available, via a notification perhaps that does not otherwise interfere with typing. A dialog popping up is *not* the right answer.
But such notifications should be optional (you don't want them when doing a presentation, for instance.)
Thanks!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 29 12:17:13 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
IpRoute:
default via 10.6.6.6 dev ppp0 proto static
10.6.6.6 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 10.131.160.144
169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WiMAXEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-09 (19 days ago)
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
3C:8B:FE:E4:6D:38 bluetooth disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/43
20:D6:07:F9:00:49 bluetooth connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/42
wlan1 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/41
eth1 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled |
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