Bug 1600285 - 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: 27
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lubomir Rintel
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-07-11 23:26 UTC by mic.grivas
Modified: 2018-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
15 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of: 1481171
Environment:
Last Closed: 2018-11-30 22:10:06 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


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Description mic.grivas 2018-07-11 23:26:06 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1481171 +++

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

--- Additional comment from aoeuser on 2017-11-16 13:56:57 EST ---

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.

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--- Additional comment from Fedora End Of Life on 2018-05-29 08:25:27 EDT ---

Fedora 26 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2018-05-29. Fedora 26
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--- Additional comment from  on 2018-07-11 19:22:28 EDT ---

This bug persists through to Fedora 27.

Comment 1 mic.grivas 2018-07-11 23:26:39 UTC
It applies to both bonding and teaming.

Comment 2 Thomas Haller 2018-07-12 06:02:52 UTC
This clone merely clones a bug that was closed due to Fedora EOL. Since it doesn't provide any new information, it would have seem simpler to just reopen the existing bug. And possibly provide more information.

The report seems about the GUI (which, nm-connection-editor??) was unable to create bonds. If that is the only issue, then it's a missing feature in nm-connection-editor, and the bug should be reassigned to "network-manager-applet" component (because the GUI is a different component from NetworkManager).

Note that if NetworkManager daemon supports a certain feature (like bonding of Wi-Fi and ethernet), then -- even if this feature is not accessible via some/all of the GUIs nm-applet/nm-connection-editor/gnome-shell/gnome-control-center/plasma-nm/nmtui -- you still can configure it via nmcli.

As a workaround, try using nmcli to configure the profiles to your liking. That would also be helpful, to ensure that this all works from the lower layers, but is only not accessible via a particular GUI.

Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2018-11-27 15:00:14 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 27 is nearing its end of life.
On 2018-Nov-30  Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for
Fedora 27. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases
that are no longer maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as
EOL if it remains open with a Fedora  'version' of '27'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version.

Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not 
able to fix it before Fedora 27 is end of life. If you would still like 
to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version 
of Fedora, you are encouraged  change the 'version' to a later Fedora 
version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.

Comment 4 Ben Cotton 2018-11-30 22:10:06 UTC
Fedora 27 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2018-11-30. Fedora 27 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. If you
are unable to reopen this bug, please file a new report against the
current release. If you experience problems, please add a comment to this
bug.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.


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