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[Michael Titke <michael.tiedtke@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

I usually connect my smartphone to my Mac via USB.

Some years ago I discovered (still on Mac OS X) that in addition to the usual dial-up connection of my smartphone attached to my Mac there was a WAN connection on the same device with an IP-adress.  I sent a ping on it but no response. At some point later in time that WAN connection became active as soon as I attached the smartphone to my Mac and I was connected to the Internet without any dial-up / PPP but with an ethernet/WAN style connection.
 From then on when I wanted to connect to the Internet I just attached the smartphone via USB.

Now I am on Ubuntu 15.04 (with network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15) and when I attach my smartphone I see the following behaviour of the network-manger:
1) the ususal Ethernet connection as soon as the smartphone is attached and then my smartphone connects to the Internet
2) something neglects that Ethernet connection and brings it down - I can't find it anymore
3) with my smartphone still connected to the internet I can tell the network manager to use my mobile broadband via dial-up
4) it dials up and my smartphone somehow converge this with the existing connection to the Internet
5) now I can use the Internet from within Ubuntu on my Mac

My provider currently is O2 Deutschland / Telefonica Germany and I have
a prepaid flatrate.

The described behavior works reasonably well but I do see that something
neglects the plug&surf wan/ethernet connection. This may be different
for each and every combination of provider, data plan and smartphone but
perhaps it would be possible to investigate this issue to allow for that
easy plug&surf behavior again.

Thank you!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Jun 11 10:58:44 2015
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-08 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
IpRoute:
 default via 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0  proto static  metric 1024 
 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.168.134.166 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0  scope link  metric 1000
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
RfKill:
 0: hci0: Bluetooth
 	Soft blocked: no
 	Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE   TYPE      STATE        DBUS-PATH                                  CONNECTION  CON-UUID                              CON-PATH                                           
 ttyACM3  gsm       connected    /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/6  O2 LOOP     549191f7-e838-4842-9315-d54d07b9a0ba  /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/4 
 ppp0     unknown   connected    /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/7  ppp0        0f774378-0fc3-484d-9476-1ada08a3138d  /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/5 
 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'.

** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid

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Title:
  Mobile Broadband neglects USB Ethernet WAN

Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I usually connect my smartphone to my Mac via USB.

  Some years ago I discovered (still on Mac OS X) that in addition to the usual dial-up connection of my smartphone attached to my Mac there was a WAN connection on the same device with an IP-adress.  I sent a ping on it but no response. At some point later in time that WAN connection became active as soon as I attached the smartphone to my Mac and I was connected to the Internet without any dial-up / PPP but with an ethernet/WAN style connection.
   From then on when I wanted to connect to the Internet I just attached the smartphone via USB.

  Now I am on Ubuntu 15.04 (with network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15) and when I attach my smartphone I see the following behaviour of the network-manger:
  1) the ususal Ethernet connection as soon as the smartphone is attached and then my smartphone connects to the Internet
  2) something neglects that Ethernet connection and brings it down - I can't find it anymore
  3) with my smartphone still connected to the internet I can tell the network manager to use my mobile broadband via dial-up
  4) it dials up and my smartphone somehow converge this with the existing connection to the Internet
  5) now I can use the Internet from within Ubuntu on my Mac

  My provider currently is O2 Deutschland / Telefonica Germany and I
  have a prepaid flatrate.

  The described behavior works reasonably well but I do see that
  something neglects the plug&surf wan/ethernet connection. This may be
  different for each and every combination of provider, data plan and
  smartphone but perhaps it would be possible to investigate this issue
  to allow for that easy plug&surf behavior again.

  Thank you!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Jun 11 10:58:44 2015
  IfupdownConfig:
   # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-08 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  IpRoute:
   default via 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0  proto static  metric 1024 
   10.64.64.64 dev ppp0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.168.134.166 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0  scope link  metric 1000
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
   WimaxEnabled=true
  RfKill:
   0: hci0: Bluetooth
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: no
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  nmcli-dev:
   DEVICE   TYPE      STATE        DBUS-PATH                                  CONNECTION  CON-UUID                              CON-PATH                                           
   ttyACM3  gsm       connected    /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/6  O2 LOOP     549191f7-e838-4842-9315-d54d07b9a0ba  /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/4 
   ppp0     unknown   connected    /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/7  ppp0        0f774378-0fc3-484d-9476-1ada08a3138d  /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/5 
   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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