Network-manager connects to wireless LAN when it is already connected to a wired LAN

[Ethan Bissett]

Binary package hint: network-manager

On Ubuntu 8.10, Network Manager will connect to a known wireless network even if it is already connected using a wired network. I expected it would only connect to 1 network at a time (with a preference towards wired) unless instructed to otherwise.

Currently I am using Network Manager version: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.1

The wired LAN appears to be the connection used based on the usage statistics given by ifconfig.

This is a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10 (though several months old now) on a Thinkpad T61p laptop. No special network settings beyond adding wireless networks and setting up the Cisco VPN support. e1000e wired card, iwl3945 wireless card.

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[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the /var/log/syslog to your bug report as an attachment? Also you can submit more information for it by looking to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingNetworkManager , Thanks in advance.

[Ethan Bissett (draimus-deactivatedaccount)]

Is there anything in particular you want from the DebuggingNetworkManager page? I'm not having problems connecting, my problem is overzealous connecting. I don't have crashing issues either.

[José Ernesto Dávila Pantoja (josernestodavila)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[Ethan Bissett (draimus-deactivatedaccount)]

You're invalidating this bug without responding to my query about what information you are looking for. Your DebuggingNetworkManger cheat sheet does not cover this situation.

[Shimi Chen (shimi-chen)]

I can confirm this bug using Maverick amd64.

Using the broadcom proprietary wireless driver on a Dell Studio 1555.