[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#649042: Bug#649042: network-manager-gnome: cannot disconnect from wlan network without soft blocking the device

[Norbert Preining]

Hi Michael,

coming back to this thread...

On Do, 17 Nov 2011, Michael Biebl wrote:
> > the current behaviour of nm-applet is that you cannot *disconnect* from
> > a certain wlan network, only switch to a different one. If I want to
> > disconnect I have to click the ON-OFF button, which soft blocks the
> > device with the rfkill method.
> > 
> > This is *very* unconvenient behaviour, as I often have apparently free
> > wlans around that NM automatically connects to (this is another bug
> > I submit), but they are not really free (pay online etc).
> > 
> 
> Why should whe wifi device stay enabled and consume power if it is not used?

First: becasue NM has a different bug that does not allow to reenable
  the device
Second: I might want scan manually, do other things, or simply connect
  by some other method
Third: broken routers: I have to disconnect sometimes and recoonect.
  Again, using soft lock is not optimal, as I have to run some iw
  commands inbetween.

Bottom line; In a *perfect* world were all hardware works perfectly,
all software works perfectly, that *might* be an option to keep it
like that.

In reality it is a pain.

If you are following the kernel mailing list on how many problems
the iwl wifi driver had/still has, you might understand *why* 
I don't wnat automatic soft rfkill ... And yes, see above about
perfect world. But this is not reality.


Best wishes

Norbert
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