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[Cyrille Ngassam Nkwenga <cyrildz@xxxxxxxxx>]

I will say I hate this behavior on Android I boot up the phone and it
automatically connects with 3G...
By default Ubuntu should not connect the 3G data
Am 11.07.2013 13:17 schrieb "Michael Zanetti" <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>:

> 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>
> > Freenode: cyphermox, Jabber: mathieu.tl@xxxxxxxxx
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