You report several problems but in one report we should track exactly
one problem. It seems that the most important problem is that NM always
enables an interface you never want to use; so I have adjusted the title
accordingly. If there are other issues you think should be pursued,
please search for existing reports and add comments there or open new
reports, one per issue, as appropriate.
** Summary changed:
- Incorrect handling of multiple wireless nics.
+ NM does not remember that an interface has been disabled
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Title:
NM does not remember that an interface has been disabled
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Binary package hint: network-manager
I have two wireless devices on my laptop. The internal wireless
device is so bad i can't get a signal if i am on-top of a wireless AP.
I have a USB wireless nic plugged in.Every time I boot the machine
both wireless devices are enabled and packets attempt to route through
the internal device (which will never work).
You can't assume that a list of wireless nics is a simple list and
just pick the first one. The wireless device with the best signal
should be chosen in this case. However the bigger problem here is
that network managers for other operating systems (osx,windows...)
store a users state. If I disable the internal wireless nic it
should stay disabled. If I connect to a secure network it should
store that key and never ask for it again. (I hate the popup that has
my obscured password and i just click ok, thats just annoying and a
worthless dialog box.) Also they have firewalls(!), why can't i
adjust my firewall settings per network interface?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Fri Jun 17 11:51:04 2011
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx - Release amd64 (20100429)
IpRoute:
10.8.64.0/18 dev wlan1 proto kernel scope link src 10.8.81.111 metric 2
default via 10.8.64.46 dev wlan1 proto static
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=C:en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-20 (58 days ago)
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