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[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Filiprino,

You concerns are duly noted, but I do not agree this is a critical
usability bug. This is expected behavior, which still allows you to see
the exact current state of the connection across various types of
network states.

The name of the network when connected is always shown as the
established connection, because realistically that's what you want to
know if you have multiple providers: are you connected to the right one?
And if not, allow you to change that.

When disconnected, the menu shows you the current activation state of
the modem, which allows you to see what network it would most likely
connect to if you're outside of your standard provider area. This
doesn't mean you're connected, just that it's what we're getting the
signal from, at this current point in time.

Finally, the parens at the end of the name show you the current speed at
which the connection is established (UMTS, HSDPA, etc), and whether it's
roaming or not. If it's roaming, then it's likely a good indication that
your provider is not reachable. You can furthermore edit the connection
preferences and click a checkbox that will tell NM to not connect to a
specific connection if it's in roaming.

To add to this, you may be interested to know that notifications about
roaming status have been added in nm-applet and will be available in
Oneiric. SMS support is planned, but not yet available.

Since everything appears to be there to allow you to safely connect to
the right provider and avoid large roaming charges, I'm closing this bug
as Invalid.


** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  NetworkManager does not show WWAN network name

Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I'm using a 3G WWAN modem, Huawei E270 which uses the "Option" kernel module. The problem is that while I'm connected I can't identify the network to which the modem is connected because the name of the connection profile used is shown instead. That's a problem when I go out on vacation because I'm on the frontier of my country and at any time the modem can hook up to an international network without notifying me and without being able to check to which network is connected.
  As there's no SMS support on NetworkManager I can't read SMS notifying me that I'm on an international network, or that I've reached my limit of international traffic (for instance, my national plan too).
  So, using my 3G connection I feel like a blind person going out to the street without any help (stick, dog - SMS, network information).
  Instead of showing the name of the profile used NM should display the network name, something that can actually do. I've attached an screenshot showing that NM applet can display the operator's network name. It should also notify with a notify-osd alert whenever it changes the network to which it's connected.
  There should be SMS arrival notifications too, and being able to read the messages.
  Finally, there should be the option to connect only to your national operator network. Of course you can deal with your mobile Internet provider, but then you have to call for support every time you want or not international roaming. It's better being able to select to which network operator you want to connect national or an allowed international one if there's more than one to choose from, just like a phone.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: network-manager-gnome 0.8.4~git.20110318t152954.9c4c9a0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No existe el fichero o el directorio
  Date: Wed Aug 24 19:06:20 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet
  IfupdownConfig:
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  IpRoute:
   10.64.64.64 dev ppp0  proto kernel  scope link  src 95.214.32.230
   169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0  scope link  metric 1000
   default via 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0  proto static
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=es_ES:en
   LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-20 (95 days ago)
  XsessionErrors:
   (<unknown>:1275): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from com.canonical.Unity.FilesPlace.SectionsModel is in the past. Ignoring transaction.
   (<unknown>:1275): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from com.canonical.Unity.FilesPlace.GroupsModel is in the past. Ignoring transaction.
   (<unknown>:1275): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsPlace.SectionsModel is in the past. Ignoring transaction.
   (<unknown>:1275): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsPlace.GroupsModel is in the past. Ignoring transaction.
   (<unknown>:1275): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsPlace.GlobalGroupsModel is in the past. Ignoring transaction.

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