Please auto-reconnect to VPN
Bug #344455 reported by
Michael Jones
This bug affects 17 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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NetworkManager |
Fix Released
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High
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
On my campus VPN, a connection can be made, and an Internet connection established. But the VPN disconnects every several minutes.
The pptp module for network-manager has an "automatically" connect option, but not a "automatically reconnect" option.
It would be nice.
A team of us tried to go through the code and add this functionality, but were absolutely unable to find where to begin. The string that is displayed: "The VPN connection failed" exists in none of the C files, and the en_GB.po file that DOES contain it specifies that its found in nm-ppp-starter.c... which doesn't appear to exist.
-Mike
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in network-manager: | |
importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
Changed in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in network-manager: | |
importance: | Wishlist → High |
affects: | network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) → network-manager (Ubuntu) |
summary: |
- network-manager-applet auto-reconnect to VPN + Please auto-reconnect to VPN |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
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I would also like to see this feature!
I am connecting my home network to the net with a mobile broadband connection and shares it using network-manager. Every now and then I am disconnected, maybe due to issues with the mobile broadband provider. However, it would be great if network-manager could keep trying to reconnect, instead of me having to do that manually. I am depending on my internet connection for SIP telephony.