I just tried that here with a ZTE MF112 3G modem. I plugged it in and Mobile Broadband appeared in the Network indicator dropdown. I then added the connection as you described.
When completing the wizard part the drop down is indeed blank, but dropping that down showed me my connection. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1707023 Title: mobile network connection cannot be added To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1707023/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs