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[Brad Kowalczyk <1491612@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This one has annoyed me for quite a while now (well before 15.x). Having
to disable/enable wifi to get network manager applet to see the wifi
ssid (or wait quit a while) is a bit of a pain and shouldn't be
necessary for a modern OS. Also, the fact that there is no way anywhere,
either in network-manager applet or in network manager itself (network
settings), to force a refresh really sucks.

My network manager applet disappeared for a while (until I worked out
how to fix that) so to get my lappy to see my wifi I had open Network
Settings, click "Connect to a hidden network", then select the ssid from
the drop down list of known networks. Not exactly convenient!

So a "scan now" button would be great, along with more frequent
automatic wifi scanning.

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Title:
  doesn't scan for available wifi networks often enough + no way to
  manually force a scan

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Confirmed
Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:

  - turn on a wifi router nearby
  - click on the network applet icon

  Expected behavior:
  As soon as the new network becomes available, it should become visible in the list within few seconds (and if it is a network you have already configured and set to automatically connect to, it should connect)

  Observed behavior:
  You won't see the network show up in the list, or perhaps it will, after a few minutes. Way too much time.

  
  Additionally, there should be an item in the menu such as "scan for networks now" to force scanning for available networks. But there's no such thing even.

  So the only workaround is to physically disable and reenable wifi on
  hardware, if your computer has a button for that. That will trigger
  re-scanning for available networks.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28-generic 3.19.8-ckt4
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Sep  2 23:48:42 2015
  IfupdownConfig:
   # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (691 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  IpRoute:
   default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0  proto static  metric 1024 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000 
   192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.167
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
   WimaxEnabled=true
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-08-15 (18 days ago)
  mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2015-02-20T16:52:59.722501
  nmcli-dev:
   DEVICE             TYPE      STATE         DBUS-PATH                                  CONNECTION   CON-UUID                              CON-PATH                                           
   wlan0              wifi      connected     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2  Sixty-Seven  2dfa6e3a-076f-48f9-a40c-d182c47e4178  /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0 
   43:29:1A:07:53:91  bt        disconnected  /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3  --           --                                    --                                                 
   eth0               ethernet  unavailable   /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1  --           --                                    --                                                 
   lo                 loopback  unmanaged     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0  --           --                                    --
  nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit code 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'.

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