Filiprino,
You concerns are duly noted, but I do not agree this is a critical
usability bug. This is expected behavior, which still allows you to see
the exact current state of the connection across various types of
network states.
The name of the network when connected is always shown as the
established connection, because realistically that's what you want to
know if you have multiple providers: are you connected to the right one?
And if not, allow you to change that.
When disconnected, the menu shows you the current activation state of
the modem, which allows you to see what network it would most likely
connect to if you're outside of your standard provider area. This
doesn't mean you're connected, just that it's what we're getting the
signal from, at this current point in time.
Finally, the parens at the end of the name show you the current speed at
which the connection is established (UMTS, HSDPA, etc), and whether it's
roaming or not. If it's roaming, then it's likely a good indication that
your provider is not reachable. You can furthermore edit the connection
preferences and click a checkbox that will tell NM to not connect to a
specific connection if it's in roaming.
To add to this, you may be interested to know that notifications about
roaming status have been added in nm-applet and will be available in
Oneiric. SMS support is planned, but not yet available.
Since everything appears to be there to allow you to safely connect to
the right provider and avoid large roaming charges, I'm closing this bug
as Invalid.
** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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Title:
NetworkManager does not show WWAN network name
Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
I'm using a 3G WWAN modem, Huawei E270 which uses the "Option" kernel module.
The problem is that while I'm connected I can't identify the network to which
the modem is connected because the name of the connection profile used is shown
instead. That's a problem when I go out on vacation because I'm on the frontier
of my country and at any time the modem can hook up to an international network
without notifying me and without being able to check to which network is
connected.
As there's no SMS support on NetworkManager I can't read SMS notifying me
that I'm on an international network, or that I've reached my limit of
international traffic (for instance, my national plan too).
So, using my 3G connection I feel like a blind person going out to the street
without any help (stick, dog - SMS, network information).
Instead of showing the name of the profile used NM should display the network
name, something that can actually do. I've attached an screenshot showing that
NM applet can display the operator's network name. It should also notify with a
notify-osd alert whenever it changes the network to which it's connected.
There should be SMS arrival notifications too, and being able to read the
messages.
Finally, there should be the option to connect only to your national operator
network. Of course you can deal with your mobile Internet provider, but then
you have to call for support every time you want or not international roaming.
It's better being able to select to which network operator you want to connect
national or an allowed international one if there's more than one to choose
from, just like a phone.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.8.4~git.20110318t152954.9c4c9a0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No existe el fichero o el directorio
Date: Wed Aug 24 19:06:20 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
IpRoute:
10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 95.214.32.230
169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000
default via 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto static
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=es_ES:en
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-20 (95 days ago)
XsessionErrors:
(<unknown>:1275): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from
com.canonical.Unity.FilesPlace.SectionsModel is in the past. Ignoring
transaction.
(<unknown>:1275): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from
com.canonical.Unity.FilesPlace.GroupsModel is in the past. Ignoring transaction.
(<unknown>:1275): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from
com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsPlace.SectionsModel is in the past. Ignoring
transaction.
(<unknown>:1275): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from
com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsPlace.GroupsModel is in the past. Ignoring
transaction.
(<unknown>:1275): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from
com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsPlace.GlobalGroupsModel is in the past.
Ignoring transaction.
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