Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: plasma-widget-networkmanagement
If a user happens to have multiple wireless network interfaces connected
to the same system (i.e., has a wifi PCI card and connects a USB wifi
dongle or a mobile broadband dongle), the network manager application
automatically selects the best connection which is available in this
system. Yet, it is impossible to turn off a specific network interface
or even select which interface should be the one performing the
connection. That means that users who may wish to disable a particular
network interface to avoid connecting through them or even if they
simply wish to test the connection through a particular user interface,
they will have network manager forcing some other network connection on
them, actively undermining the user's actions. That turns a simple user
task into a hugely frustrating event.
It would be great if network manager enabled the user to manually select
which network interface to use and which to avoid, no matter what's the
best network connection available at that particular instance.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: network-manager-kde (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 21 14:25:36 2010
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: plasma-widget-networkmanagement
** Affects: plasma-widget-networkmanagement (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick
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Let users disable wireless network interfaces
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/678139
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