Re: Configure a connection for a gsm with dynamic ttyACMx

[Thomas Haller <thaller redhat com>]

On Tue, 2015-05-26 at 15:51 +0200, Jean-Christian de Rivaz wrote:
> Le 26. 05. 15 08:34, Thomas Haller a écrit :
> > On Tue, 2015-05-26 at 00:37 +0200, Jean-Christian de Rivaz wrote:
> > but
> > NetworkManager only allow to configure a connection for a fixed device.
> > this is not correct.
> >
> > Just leave "connection.interface-name" unspecified, for example via:
> >
> >     $ nmcli connection modify NAME connection.interface-name ""
> >
> >
> > and check it with
> >
> >     $ nmcli connection show NAME
>
> Thanks Thomas for this trick.
>
> I have redacted this /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/gsm1 file:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> [connection]
> id=gsm1
> uuid=f5e7b733-beea-4fcb-b213-b2dfcbd61073
> type=gsm
> timestamp=1432623762
>
> [gsm]
> number=*99#
> apn=<redacted>
>
> [ipv6]
> method=auto
>
> [ipv4]
> method=auto
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> And it work as expected after a 'nmcli connection reload'.
>
> For my curiosity, where this is documented ?

The meanings of the properties are documented in
  man nm-settings

On recent NM versions there is also
  man nm-settings-keyfile

(which has some further details when you edit the config-file directly).



You ~can~ edit the files by hand, followed by
  nmcli connection reload
or
  nmcli connection load /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/gsm1


alternatively, you can use nmcli. See also `man nmcli` 
and `man nmcli-examples`.
  

Thomas

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