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[Bill Filler <bill.filler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you install latest build (saucy-39) and apt-get update apt-get
dist-upgrade the networking indicator has toggle switches for wifi and 3g.

On 07/11/2013 07:17 AM, Michael Zanetti wrote:
> Ok... glad you guys mentioned it... Would have been a big surprise on my trip 
> to Spain tomorrow if the device establishes a data connection without me even 
> knowing.
>
> Any hint how to disable the autoconnect feature and revert back to manual 
> conections?
>
> Thanks
>
> On Wednesday 10 July 2013 09:09:19 Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Jono Bacon <jono@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Michael Zanetti <
>>>
>>> michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Hi Sergio,
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday 09 July 2013 12:51:37 Sergio Schvezov wrote:
>>>>> - Network Manager now automatically enables the data connection.
>>>> Uh... That sounds scary. At least for people without a data flatrate.
>>>> Afaik
>>>> there is no 3G indicator yet. How do I know if current traffic is routed
>>>> through
>>>> WiFi or 3G data?
>> When you're connected to Wifi, you're using Wifi. The routing priority is
>> made so that wifi is always preferred since it's "free".
>>
>> Otherwise you may be connected to 3G and in that case, you'll use 3G.
>>
>>> Agreed, might be best not to switch on by default until at least there is
>>> a switch.
>>>
>>> Can anyone provide an update on when the switch is likely to land?
>> There is a code branch with updates to the indicator to enable/disable wifi
>> and mobile data. I expect it would be landing soon.
>>
>>
>> However, you can already control the behavior of NetworkManager via nmcli,
>> for instance:
>>
>> nmcli dev disconnect iface /ril_0      # disconnect the modem interface
>> (get offline)
>>
>> nmcli con up id <connection>          # connect to the data network (you
>> need to provide the name of the connection[1]
>>
>>
>> [1] The name of the connection to bring up is a /, followed by a set of
>> numbers (your IMEI), followed by a / and "contextX" which is a value
>> specific to connections available from your provider. The list can be seen
>> via the command:
>>
>> nmcli con
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu-tl@xxxxxxxxxx>
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