config network-manager

[François Patte]

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Bonjour,

I know! Network-manager takes care of you and thinks for you.... and
there is no reason why you may want to configure it.

Anyway, at home I have my network with cables, switch and server and I
*want* to connect my laptop on it but there are so many "free" wifi
around than network-manager, without any question, chooses to connect
first my computer to the Internet using my neighbour wifi.....

How can change this and definitely tell network-manager that it can
connect to a wifi *only if I ask it to do so!*

Thanks for helping.

- --
François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université Paris Descartes
45, rue des Saints Pères
F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
Tél. [phone]
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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[Shannon McMackin]

On 06/05/2009 10:15 AM, François Patte wrote:
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> Bonjour,
>
> I know! Network-manager takes care of you and thinks for you.... and
> there is no reason why you may want to configure it.
>
> Anyway, at home I have my network with cables, switch and server and I
> *want* to connect my laptop on it but there are so many "free" wifi
> around than network-manager, without any question, chooses to connect
> first my computer to the Internet using my neighbour wifi.....
>
> How can change this and definitely tell network-manager that it can
> connect to a wifi *only if I ask it to do so!*
>
> Thanks for helping.
>
> François Patte
> UFR de mathématiques et informatique
> Université Paris Descartes
> 45, rue des Saints Pères
> F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
> Tél. [phone]
> http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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If you right-click on the NM applet icon, you can choose to disable 
wireless while at home.  Then it will only process your wired connections.

[François Patte]

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Le 05/06/2009 16:40, Shannon McMackin a écrit :
> On 06/05/2009 10:15 AM, François Patte wrote:
> Bonjour,
>
> I know! Network-manager takes care of you and thinks for you.... and
> there is no reason why you may want to configure it.
>
> Anyway, at home I have my network with cables, switch and server and I
> *want* to connect my laptop on it but there are so many "free" wifi
> around than network-manager, without any question, chooses to connect
> first my computer to the Internet using my neighbour wifi.....
>
> How can change this and definitely tell network-manager that it can
> connect to a wifi *only if I ask it to do so!*
>
> Thanks for helping.
> >
>
> If you right-click on the NM applet icon, you can choose to disable
> wireless while at home.  Then it will only process your wired connections.

Thanks. I have seen this. But everytime I reboot the system, wired and
wireless connection are ticked and everytime nm chooses to connect
trough wireless....

Is there somewhere a config file where I can tell nm that the default
connection is the wired one.

- --
François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université Paris Descartes
45, rue des Saints Pères
F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
Tél. [phone]
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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[Frank Cox]

On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:22:31 +0200
François Patte wrote:
> Thanks. I have seen this. But everytime I reboot the system, wired and
> wireless connection are ticked and everytime nm chooses to connect
> trough wireless....
>
> Is there somewhere a config file where I can tell nm that the default
> connection is the wired one.

I did this on my main laptop a while back but I can't remember exactly what I
did.  It may have have something to do with removing the word "auto" in the
description.  My intention was to be able to connect manually to either one of
my two WAP's, without the machine making the choice for me.

I know that it was pretty straight-forward to do but again, I can't remember
exactly what I did.  But it can be done.

[Mikkel]

Frank Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:22:31 +0200
> François Patte wrote:
> > Thanks. I have seen this. But everytime I reboot the system, wired and
> > wireless connection are ticked and everytime nm chooses to connect
> > trough wireless....
> >
> > Is there somewhere a config file where I can tell nm that the default
> > connection is the wired one.
>
> I did this on my main laptop a while back but I can't remember exactly what I
> did.  It may have have something to do with removing the word "auto" in the
> description.  My intention was to be able to connect manually to either one of
> my two WAP's, without the machine making the choice for me.
>
> I know that it was pretty straight-forward to do but again, I can't remember
> exactly what I did.  But it can be done.

Things must have changed, or something. I know the default was to
use the wired connection, if the link was up, and change to the
wireless connection if it was not. It is probably still a
configuration option. (I am not on my laptop, so I can not check it.)

Mike

[Niels Haase]

2009/6/5 Mikkel L. Ellertson :
> Frank Cox wrote:
> > On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:22:31 +0200
> > François Patte wrote:
> > > Thanks. I have seen this. But everytime I reboot the system, wired and
> > > wireless connection are ticked and everytime nm chooses to connect
> > > trough wireless....
> > >
> > > Is there somewhere a config file where I can tell nm that the default
> > > connection is the wired one.
> >
> > I did this on my main laptop a while back but I can't remember exactly what I
> > did.  It may have have something to do with removing the word "auto" in the
> > description.  My intention was to be able to connect manually to either one of
> > my two WAP's, without the machine making the choice for me.
> >
> > I know that it was pretty straight-forward to do but again, I can't remember
> > exactly what I did.  But it can be done.
>
> Things must have changed, or something. I know the default was to
> use the wired connection, if the link was up, and change to the
> wireless connection if it was not. It is probably still a
> configuration option. (I am not on my laptop, so I can not check it.)

Please check your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX (where X
is your wireless card) and look for
"ONBOOT=yes". If that is present, then you likely get automatic
connected to the WLAN. Change it to "no" and you are able to active
wifi only if you wish by choosing the the preferred wifi network at
the NM icon. Please also check if you wired connection is also set to
onboot=yes, if not, no interface get started unless you active it
manual.

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Regards,
Niels
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