Re: Interface hotplugging and priorities

[Aldric Degorre]

Le lundi 5 mai 2008, Dan Williams a écrit :
> Yeah, 0.6 won't work so well for you here.  0.7 has the option to tie
> connections to a specific MAC address, and then you could set
> autoconnect=FALSE for that MAC-locked connection, which would cause NM
> to only bring it up when you click it manually.
>
That would indeed solve my problem, if not that of the newcomer who doesn't 
know what it is all about.

> With the usb0 cellular connection, is the computer expected to use DHCP
> to acquire an IP address?
>
That's right. At least that's the way to use the usb0 interface.
My phone is also recognized as a modem for which I can set up a ppp script. 
But the latter method is uselessly complicated when I already have a network 
interface with dhcp.

> Dan



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Interface hotplugging and priorities

[Aldric Degorre]

Hi.

When I connect my SE cell phone to my USB port, like most newer cell phones,
it will create a network device (usb0) which can be used for accessing
internet via 3G/UMTS wireless network (or GPRS when no 3G available).
It is great that NetworkManager makes it possible to use it right away, just
by selecting usb0 in the menu (no configuration needed).

However NetworkManager will in fact switch to usb0 as the main route to
internet as soon as the cell phone is plugged, without asking me first. As
3G connections are still kind of expansive nowadays, I would prefer going
on using my WiFi/ADSL connection, specially when the only reason I plugged
my cell phone was to recharge its battery.

Is there a way to specify that NM should behave as I want ? Shouldn't be
that behavior the default, anyway ?
(Maybe should I specify that I use Ubuntu Hardy, which still uses NM 0.6 if
I am not mistaken... maybe the default behavior did actually change ?)

Thanks !

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