Public bug reported:

Scenario:

I'm in a place that has a WLAN, but either I don't have authorization
for it, or it's somehow broken.

I make a connection through my phone using DUN (other protocols are possible I 
think, but that's how I do it.)
This works pretty well in itself, although it's not as fast as WLAN.

But then NetworkManager (I think) keeps popping up dialogs that say

         Wireless Network Authentication Required

and ask for a password.

This is very annoying.  It interferes with whatever I'm doing, and is 
embarrassing in meetings.
(Damn, it just did it again.)

It might make sense to inform a DUN user that a faster network is available, 
via a notification perhaps that does not otherwise interfere with typing.  A 
dialog popping up is *not* the right answer.
But such notifications should be optional (you don't want them when doing a 
presentation, for instance.)

Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 29 12:17:13 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 10.6.6.6 dev ppp0  proto static 
 10.6.6.6 dev ppp0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.131.160.144 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0  scope link  metric 1000
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WiMAXEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-09 (19 days ago)
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE     TYPE              STATE         DBUS-PATH                           
       
 3C:8B:FE:E4:6D:38 bluetooth         disconnected  
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/43 
 20:D6:07:F9:00:49 bluetooth         connected     
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/42 
 wlan1      802-11-wireless   disconnected  
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/41 
 eth1       802-3-ethernet    unavailable   
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING         VERSION    STATE           NET-ENABLED   WIFI-HARDWARE   WIFI  
     WWAN-HARDWARE   WWAN      
 running         0.9.4.0    connected       enabled       enabled         
enabled    enabled         enabled

** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise

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  NM keeps asking for WLAN auth although DUN connection is established

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