Public bug reported:
When on mobile broadband Ubuntu does not check for updates, which is a
very good functionality.
However, many people have data contracts on their smart phones and use
tethering via WLAN to share the connection. The problem is that my phone
appears as a hotspot and thus Ubuntu does not recognize that I am on
broadband and uses most of my monthly traffic just to check for updates.
I would strongly recommend a script in the WLAN configuration to mark a
connection as mobile.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.6.0+git201301021750.e78c3e8-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-3.7-generic 3.8.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-3-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Feb 2 23:35:53 2013
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-31 (308 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120331)
IpRoute:
default via 172.20.10.1 dev wlan0 proto static
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
172.20.10.0/28 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 172.20.10.3 metric 9
MarkForUpload: True
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-23 (10 days ago)
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
wlan0 802-11-wireless connected
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI
WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.7.0 connected enabled enabled
enabled enabled enabled
** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring running-unity
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Option to mark wireless connection as mobile to save costs
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