Bug 2121711 - NetworkManager fails to establish mobile broadband connection
Summary: NetworkManager fails to establish mobile broadband connection
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 36
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Lubomir Rintel
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-08-26 11:00 UTC by tuxor
Modified: 2023-05-27 11:44 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2023-05-25 17:41:14 UTC
Type: Bug
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Output of mmcli -m 1 (3.61 KB, text/plain)
2022-08-26 11:00 UTC, tuxor
no flags Details
Log output of NetworkManager service when connection fails (7.24 KB, text/plain)
2022-08-26 11:04 UTC, tuxor
no flags Details

Description tuxor 2022-08-26 11:00:15 UTC
Created attachment 1907814 [details]
Output of mmcli -m 1

Description of problem:

Since upgrading to Fedora 36 (from 34), NetworkManager isn’t able to establish a mobile broadband connection (LTE, 4G)) via my WWAN card (Sierra MC7710). It used to work fine on Fedora 34 with the same hardware, same carrier, same SIM card.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

1.38.4-1

How reproducible:

Always, when using the setup described above.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make sure that a working SIM-card is inserted into your WWAN card.
2. Set up a gsm connection using `nm-connection-editor`.
3. Make sure that the WWAN card is enabled (e.g. using rfkill), and powered up.
4. Use `nmcli con up` or the NetworManager GUI to activate the gsm connection.

Actual results:

No connection to the internet over LTE (4G).

Expected results:

I expect NetworkManager to successfully establish a connection to the internet over LTE (4G).

Additional info:

I attach some output from ModemManager (mmcli) and the journalctl log output when trying to establish a connection using NetworkManager (after setting the log-level to DEBUG using the command `sudo nmcli general logging level DEBUG domain ALL`).

I also tried to put the SIM-card in a mobile phone to confirm that the phone would be able to establish an internet connection - that worked fine. Also, the SIM-card is not protected (no PIN is set).

Comment 1 tuxor 2022-08-26 11:04:25 UTC
Created attachment 1907815 [details]
Log output of NetworkManager service when connection fails

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2023-04-25 17:49:47 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora Linux 36 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 36 on 2023-05-16.
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
'version' of '36'.

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Comment 3 Ludek Smid 2023-05-25 17:41:14 UTC
Fedora Linux 36 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2023-05-16.

Fedora Linux 36 is no longer maintained, which means that it
will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we
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Comment 4 tuxor 2023-05-27 11:44:34 UTC
For the record: Yesterday, I upgraded to Fedora 38 (skipped 37), and with NetworkManager 1.42.6-1.fc38, the problem isn't there any more. Establishing an internet connection with the same WWAN device, SIM card and carrier, no works as expected.


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