16.04: network manager inconsistency in WIFI state

[Tony Mangefeste]

Please see:

    http://askubuntu.com/questions/794769/16-04-networking-ux-inconsistent-with-wifi-state

Reposted here:

HW: Bus 003 Device 002: ID 13b1:003f Linksys WUSB6300 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8812AU]
Net: *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 3
       bus info: usb@3:2
       logical name: enxc8d719c1088a
       serial: c8:d7:19:c1:08:8a
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8812au ip=192.168.1.171
       multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11AC

This is from 16.04LTS. A few points:

    The WIFI USB card driver install was flawless.

    Connecting to my WIFI works as expected.

    When the system enters into suspend mode, and returns the network interface continues to function as expected.

However, the UX on the desktop has a LAN connection Icon, and as you can see from the screenshot, it doesn't show it as connected to a SSID.

enter image description here I'm more concerned about the UX here, and inconsistency, and I don't know where the UX gets the information to update the state. Where should I start looking, and is this a known issue if not we can forward it to the team to look at it.

Again this is a usability issue, I'm looking at things that may confuse the average non-techie person. And aside from there, there's a security concern that the user should be made aware of what SSID they are connected on.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: network-manager 1.2.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-28.47-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jul 4 10:15:00 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-04 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev enxc8d719c1088a proto static metric 600
 169.254.0.0/16 dev enxc8d719c1088a scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev enxc8d719c1088a proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.171 metric 600
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
RfKill:

SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-con:
 NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY READONLY DBUS-PATH ACTIVE DEVICE STATE ACTIVE-PATH
 OASIS_5GHz e19433e4-ed9e-48bb-a374-b785593ae43e 802-11-wireless 1467652452 Mon 04 Jul 2016 10:14:12 AM PDT yes 0 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 yes enxc8d719c1088a activated /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/6
 Wired connection 1 51f761ab-b68d-44c0-9a79-d96dbe055452 802-3-ethernet 1467608763 Sun 03 Jul 2016 10:06:03 PM PDT yes 4294966297 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1 no -- -- --
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH
 enxc8d719c1088a wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 OASIS_5GHz e19433e4-ed9e-48bb-a374-b785593ae43e /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/6
 eno1 ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- --
 lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 -- -- --
nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit code 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'.