Re: NetworkManager autoconnect

[Tony Espy <espy canonical com>]

On 06/04/2015 03:38 AM, poma wrote:
> On 04.06.2015 02:37, Tony Espy wrote:
> > On 06/03/2015 04:24 PM, Pieter Cardoen wrote:
> > > I've tested it with WiFi but I also need to know the behaviour of the
> > > wwan case. WiFi scanning interval was set to 10 seconds. I'll try it
> > > again tomorrow and verify the scan interval in advance.
> > >
> > > The WPA_supplicant application has the possibility to set the autoscan
> > > argument to periodic or to exponential. Could it possibly be that the
> > > exponential setting is enabled which causes to the reconnect period to
> > > rise to a large time?
> > >
> > > In case of the wwan connection, you spoke about 'a couple minutes'. Is
> > > it possible to adapt this time or to know wat happens more exactly?
> >
> > I've actually been working with the code (NM_POLICY) that causes this
> > timer to be set for wwan connections, so if you don't mind, I'll add
> > what I've learned recently.
> >
> > I'm currently working with patched version of NM 0.9.10.0 ( see [1] for
> > details ) as part of Ubuntu 14.10 base images we run on Ubuntu phones.
> > We have a new set of patches that implement ofono support for
> > NetworkManager, which to date has only been tested with the rilmodem
> > ofono drivers used on Ubuntu phones.
>
> How is the AccessPoint (AP) infrastructure mode implemented on Ubuntu phones?

If you're asking how WiFi AccessPoints are configured for Ubuntu phones, 
it's via a new Qt-based replacement for nm-applet called indicator-network.

Regards,
/tony