Bug 1481171 - NetworkManager does not allow creation of bond i/f with wifi
Summary: NetworkManager does not allow creation of bond i/f with wifi
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 26
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lubomir Rintel
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-08-14 09:46 UTC by Kevin
Modified: 2018-07-11 23:22 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
: 1600285 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2018-05-29 12:25:27 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Kevin 2017-08-14 09:46:20 UTC
Description of problem:

Want to create bond interface using eth and wifi on laptop:  using NetworkManager gui, under Cinnamon, wifi devices are NOT allowed to be created as part of the bond.

This fedora link:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NetworkManagerBonding

claims this is to in progress.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
F26, latest network manager

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Use NetworkManager to create bond.  Try to add wifi interface; not available in drop down list

Actual results:
no wifi interface to be selected

Expected results:
allow bond i/f to use both ethernet and wifi devices

Additional info:

This works perfectly on Raspbian

Comment 1 aoeuser@gmail.com 2017-11-16 18:56:57 UTC
Workaround for this use case by cloning the wifi mac to the ethernet interface and making arp behave?

nmcli connection modify ${ETHERNET_CONNECTION} 802-3-ethernet.cloned-mac-address ${WIFI_MAC_ADDRESS}

# /etc/sysctl.d/70-arp_settings.conf
# Reference: https://support.cumulusnetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/203859616-Default-ARP-Settings-in-Cumulus-Linux
#
# source requests from interface addr
net.ipv4.conf.default.arp_announce = 2
#
# answer based on routing preference
net.ipv4.conf.default.arp_filter = 1
#
# answer only if target is on receiving interface and source is on subnet
net.ipv4.conf.default.arp_ignore = 2


NetworkManager will let a lower metric for the ethernet route when available, so that connection will be preferred as long as it's up.

Comment 2 Fedora End Of Life 2018-05-03 08:05:58 UTC
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Comment 3 Fedora End Of Life 2018-05-29 12:25:27 UTC
Fedora 26 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2018-05-29. Fedora 26
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Comment 4 mic.grivas 2018-07-11 23:22:28 UTC
This bug persists through to Fedora 27.


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