Cannot specify device when creating "wireless broadband" connection

[robbak]

When attempting to set up my mobile phone as a bluetooth modem, I could not find a way to specify the device node (/dev/rfcomm0). I have the bluetooth binding set up correctly, and I have the connection working with gnome-ppp.

Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10

[Jim in Chicago (jbcady)]

This remained an issue with 9.04, and remains in 9.10. This regression on modems has been going on a long time, which leads me to ask: Is ANYONE doing ANYTHING with nm? Of 233 outstanding bugs, you have 3 marked as fixed. If I sort them by 'oldest first' the second one in the list (posted 2 and a half years ago) is marked 'new'.

If the network-manager-applet is abandoned, someone should post a sign and migrate Ubuntu to something that actively under development.

[robbak (robbak)]

Advances in networkmanager has made it possible to use bluetooth modems. Connecting a new bluetooth device allows you to enable the DUN service, which sends the dbus messages to networkmanager, which picks up the rfcomm device.

Which is all very good, for the use of bluetooth, but we still do not have a way to specify a device when we want to to use any other com-like devices..