network manager applet will not share!

Bug #673804 reported by Patrick M
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network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I have two PC's running 10.10. One is connected to the internet via a residential wireless gateway. I would like to share that connection with a second PC via ethernet (wired) network adapters. When I used windows it was called a network bridge...

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Patrick M (prmillius) wrote :

If you try and share using the GUI the applet crashes and you have no way of connecting. Unless a person is very good with the CLI they have one choice at this point: Wipe the hard drive clean and start over.
Applet needs fixed; or a different one should be packaged with 10.10

Gary M (garym)
affects: gnome-nettool (Ubuntu) → network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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