You should now be able to fix this by selecting "Use this connection only for resources on this network" option in the Routes dialog for the Wi-Fi connection.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- 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/278488 Title: When connected to two networks, one local, NetworkManager does not configure networking so as to provide Internet access Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: network-manager As in description. My DSL currently does not work, so the access my wireless network provides in local-only. NM 0.7 (via ppa) is unable to discriminate the two statuses. Release used: Hardy .1 Desired behaviour: as in Windows, where the connection manager is able to determine if the connection is local only or not. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/278488/+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