Hello, I'd like to point out that n-m is missing a way to selectively
disconnect from some networks.
Currently you can either completely disconnect the system, or
disconnect to all wireless networks.
This is a limitation, because maybe a user wants to disconnect only
from a single network. See
Is it possible to modify the script such that if I have vpn connecting
automatically for all network connections, it will not automatically
reconnect to the vpn if I disconnect the vpn connection manually.
What I would like is to have network-manager connecting automatically to a
specific vpn
Nicolò Chieffo wrote:
So I propose this: when you click on a network to which you are
currently connected (wired or wireless), you get disconnected.
Now the default behavior is instead of renewing the connection and the
IP address.
What do you think of this proposal?
I think this is
Sorry, I didn't see those images
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I highly doubt you really want to do that. It will break a lot of
applications that have related connections and similar issues. If you are
interested in past attempts the site http://lartc.org/ is a old, yet mostly
relevant source of information. If you are going to do advanced routing you
Sorry, I couldn't explain myself. I don't want to use both connections
at the same time
What I'm looking for, is the ability to have a backup connection. If
one looses internet connectivity, the other will work automatically.
Currently in this situation the wired connection supersedes the
I have been thinking about this as well and wondering if Network Manager
would be the right place to put functionality like this.
First you'd have to have a way to determine that the wired and wireless
networks are actually the same L2 network. (Detection that the GW address
from DHCP is
