Ok... glad you guys mentioned it... Would have been a big surprise on my trip to Spain tomorrow if the device establishes a data connection without me even knowing.
Any hint how to disable the autoconnect feature and revert back to manual conections? Thanks On Wednesday 10 July 2013 09:09:19 Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre wrote: > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Jono Bacon <j...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Michael Zanetti < > > > > michael.zane...@canonical.com> wrote: > >> Hi Sergio, > >> > >> On Tuesday 09 July 2013 12:51:37 Sergio Schvezov wrote: > >> > - Network Manager now automatically enables the data connection. > >> > >> Uh... That sounds scary. At least for people without a data flatrate. > >> Afaik > >> there is no 3G indicator yet. How do I know if current traffic is routed > >> through > >> WiFi or 3G data? > > When you're connected to Wifi, you're using Wifi. The routing priority is > made so that wifi is always preferred since it's "free". > > Otherwise you may be connected to 3G and in that case, you'll use 3G. > > > Agreed, might be best not to switch on by default until at least there is > > a switch. > > > > Can anyone provide an update on when the switch is likely to land? > > There is a code branch with updates to the indicator to enable/disable wifi > and mobile data. I expect it would be landing soon. > > > However, you can already control the behavior of NetworkManager via nmcli, > for instance: > > nmcli dev disconnect iface /ril_0 # disconnect the modem interface > (get offline) > > nmcli con up id <connection> # connect to the data network (you > need to provide the name of the connection[1] > > > [1] The name of the connection to bring up is a /, followed by a set of > numbers (your IMEI), followed by a / and "contextX" which is a value > specific to connections available from your provider. The list can be seen > via the command: > > nmcli con > > > Regards, > > Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu...@ubuntu.com> > Freenode: cyphermox, Jabber: mathieu...@gmail.com > 4096R/EE018C93 1967 8F7D 03A1 8F38 732E FF82 C126 33E1 EE01 8C93 -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
