Bug 147925 - KNetwork Manager Can't Set "Roaming Mode"
Summary: KNetwork Manager Can't Set "Roaming Mode"
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: knetworkmanager
Classification: Miscellaneous
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Will Stephenson
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Reported: 2007-07-16 16:35 UTC by Jonathan Anderson
Modified: 2008-06-15 10:49 UTC (History)
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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.