Public bug reported: I usually connect my smartphone to my Mac via USB.
Some years ago I discovered (still on Mac OS X) that in addition to the usual dial-up connection of my smartphone attached to my Mac there was a WAN connection on the same device with an IP-adress. I sent a ping on it but no response. At some point later in time that WAN connection became active as soon as I attached the smartphone to my Mac and I was connected to the Internet without any dial-up / PPP but with an ethernet/WAN style connection. From then on when I wanted to connect to the Internet I just attached the smartphone via USB. Now I am on Ubuntu 15.04 (with network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15) and when I attach my smartphone I see the following behaviour of the network-manger: 1) the ususal Ethernet connection as soon as the smartphone is attached and then my smartphone connects to the Internet 2) something neglects that Ethernet connection and brings it down - I can't find it anymore 3) with my smartphone still connected to the internet I can tell the network manager to use my mobile broadband via dial-up 4) it dials up and my smartphone somehow converge this with the existing connection to the Internet 5) now I can use the Internet from within Ubuntu on my Mac My provider currently is O2 Deutschland / Telefonica Germany and I have a prepaid flatrate. The described behavior works reasonably well but I do see that something neglects the plug&surf wan/ethernet connection. This may be different for each and every combination of provider, data plan and smartphone but perhaps it would be possible to investigate this issue to allow for that easy plug&surf behavior again. Thank you! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Jun 11 10:58:44 2015 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-08 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) IpRoute: default via 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto static metric 1024 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.134.166 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true RfKill: 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH ttyACM3 gsm connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/6 O2 LOOP 549191f7-e838-4842-9315-d54d07b9a0ba /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/4 ppp0 unknown connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/7 ppp0 0f774378-0fc3-484d-9476-1ada08a3138d /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/5 eth0 ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- -- lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 -- -- -- nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit code 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'. ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid -- 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/1464185 Title: Mobile Broadband neglects USB Ethernet WAN Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I usually connect my smartphone to my Mac via USB. Some years ago I discovered (still on Mac OS X) that in addition to the usual dial-up connection of my smartphone attached to my Mac there was a WAN connection on the same device with an IP-adress. I sent a ping on it but no response. At some point later in time that WAN connection became active as soon as I attached the smartphone to my Mac and I was connected to the Internet without any dial-up / PPP but with an ethernet/WAN style connection. From then on when I wanted to connect to the Internet I just attached the smartphone via USB. Now I am on Ubuntu 15.04 (with network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15) and when I attach my smartphone I see the following behaviour of the network-manger: 1) the ususal Ethernet connection as soon as the smartphone is attached and then my smartphone connects to the Internet 2) something neglects that Ethernet connection and brings it down - I can't find it anymore 3) with my smartphone still connected to the internet I can tell the network manager to use my mobile broadband via dial-up 4) it dials up and my smartphone somehow converge this with the existing connection to the Internet 5) now I can use the Internet from within Ubuntu on my Mac My provider currently is O2 Deutschland / Telefonica Germany and I have a prepaid flatrate. The described behavior works reasonably well but I do see that something neglects the plug&surf wan/ethernet connection. This may be different for each and every combination of provider, data plan and smartphone but perhaps it would be possible to investigate this issue to allow for that easy plug&surf behavior again. Thank you! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Jun 11 10:58:44 2015 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-08 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) IpRoute: default via 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto static metric 1024 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.134.166 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true RfKill: 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH ttyACM3 gsm connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/6 O2 LOOP 549191f7-e838-4842-9315-d54d07b9a0ba /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/4 ppp0 unknown connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/7 ppp0 0f774378-0fc3-484d-9476-1ada08a3138d /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/5 eth0 ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- -- lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 -- -- -- nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit code 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'. 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