Public bug reported: The Network Manager applet in Natty has an "Enable Mobile Broadband" check in addition to "Enable Networking" and "Enable Wireless". When "Enable Mobile Broadband" is not checked, the mobile broadband connections are still listed (unlike "Enable Wireless" that when not checked no wireless networks are listed"), furthermore one can start a mobile broadband connection and it connects successfully even when "Enable Mobile Broadband" is not checked.
The only difference in behavior that I can detect is that when "Enable Mobile Broadband" is not checked, then when a mobile broadband connection is active it is listed in the applet menu with the text "not enabled" (even though it clearly is enabled). ** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/706500 Title: Network Manager allows connecting to mobile broadband when "enable mobile broadband" is not checked -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs