Comment 121 for bug 191889
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| Sokraates (sokraates) wrote Re: Firefox's new "Offline Mode" feature cannot properly detect when there is a valid network available for use in many circumstances | #121 |
This is deffinitely a nm bug, since the whole system is affected. Not only Firefox, but also Konqueror and even "ping" from the CLI believe the machine was offline, once NM looses conection. I'm using Kubuntu Hardy.
I made a little experiment: I started my wireless connection and also my Huawei220 USB modem. NM (actually knetworkmanager) picked up the wireless and I surfed the web.
Then I disabled the wireless through the hardware button. The only internet connection I now had was through my USB modem. But since NM was slow to understand that the wireless has been disconnected, I could surf around 30 seconds through my USB modem. Then NM updated the status of the wireless and *boom* the internet connection was gone.
So the system seems to depend on nm reporting a valid connection. I don't know whether this is NM's or Ubuntu's fault.