Bug 147925

Summary:	KNetwork Manager Can't Set "Roaming Mode"
Product:	knetworkmanager	Reporter:	Jonathan Anderson <jonathan.anderson>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Will Stephenson <wstephenson>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	cimmino.marco
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Jonathan Anderson 2007-07-16 16:35:06 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

KNetworkManager can't set the "Roaming Mode" flag for a network connection. After NM somehow went into "manual mode", I couldn't fix it without GNOME (not just nm-applet, I needed to log into GNOME, then go to Settings > Network > Properties > "Enable Roaming Mode").

Comment 1 Nikarul Torhia 2007-07-16 23:37:14 UTC

I have the same problem (KUbuntu 7.04 i386), but I don't have Gnome installed so I can' confirm the work around.

Comment 2 Jonathan Anderson 2007-07-23 17:02:18 UTC

Workaround that doesn't involve a full GNOME environment:

1. Install gnome-system-tools (on Ubuntu; we need /usr/bin/network-admin)
2. Run "sudo network-admin"
3. Click a network, click "Properties"
4. Enable "roaming mode"

Comment 3 Marco Cimmino 2007-11-01 12:53:50 UTC

a less invasive workaround is to:

edit /etc/network/interfaces and comment all lines for the desired interfaces, for example if wlan0 is the interface no more in roaming comment all lines referring to wlan0 in particular line starting with "iface wlan0..."

Comment 4 Will Stephenson 2008-06-15 10:49:25 UTC

It's not possible to do this with the NetworkManager daemon, please request this from the NetworkManager project - we just provide the UI.