You should now be able to work around this by selecting "Use this connection only for resources on this network" option in the Routes dialog for the newly created connection.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366777 Title: If the current connection provides internet access, don't change default connection when more device connections become active Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: network-manager This requires that bug #278488 is fixed first. With that feature, providing this logic makes users be able to connect to secondary connections (which may or may not provide internet access) without fear of loosing the current internet connection. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/366777/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp