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Ever since I started using F15 on my netbook NetworkManager tries to connect to the first network it finds on resume, no matter what the network. Now if it finds my network first then everything is a-ok, but more often than not it doesn't find my network right away and tries to connect to one of the say 10 networks I have around my house, and it is getting annoying. So can there either be an option or a default behavior for NetworkManager to simply not automatically connect to anything if it doesn't find a network it has connected to before? That way it can wait the extra half a second to see my network and connect to it automatically instead of me having to cancel it trying to connect to random wireless network X.
Hmm, that's weird. NetworkManager will auto-connect only if you have a connection (profile) created with "Connect automatically" (either you connected before or created that manually) and it sees the SSID. Please report NetworkManager version and $ nm-tool $ nmcli -f all con list
State: connected (global) - Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type: Wired Driver: ATL1E State: unavailable Default: no HW Address: 00:24:8C:96:51:B9 Capabilities: Carrier Detect: yes Wired Properties Carrier: off - Device: wlan1 [Auto HeroinBob] ---------------------------------------------- Type: 802.11 WiFi Driver: rt2800pci State: connected Default: yes HW Address: 00:22:43:6F:6F:03 Capabilities: Speed: 18 Mb/s Wireless Properties WEP Encryption: yes WPA Encryption: yes WPA2 Encryption: yes Wireless Access Points (* = current AP) linksys: Infra, 00:0F:66:AA:5B:61, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 11 Mb/s, Strength 20 SandrasNetwork: Infra, 68:7F:74:8D:D3:85, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 24 WPA WPA2 Pearce: Infra, 00:25:86:B3:B2:1A, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 74 WEP *HeroinBob: Infra, 00:14:BF:78:6E:C6, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 82 LittleCat: Infra, 98:FC:11:5E:E7:A0, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 24 WPA WPA2 LittleCat-guest: Infra, 98:FC:11:5E:E7:A1, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 30 2WIRE770: Infra, 00:18:3F:43:F6:89, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WEP Hudson: Infra, 00:22:3F:5E:B1:78, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 30 WEP peterwillis: Infra, 00:22:75:EA:56:BB, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 24 WEP Daughtry: Infra, 30:46:9A:3E:24:D8, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 24 WPA WPA2 IPv4 Settings: Address: 192.168.1.109 Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0) Gateway: 192.168.1.1 DNS: 209.18.47.61 DNS: 209.18.47.62 [josef@localhost ~]$ nmcli -f all con list NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH Auto jiffylube2741 1cdbd5f1-ac34-41a1-aabc-0793c6483439 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/9 Auto HeroinBob e4ffac50-7c19-497b-85b3-aa00f45a250b 802-11-wireless 1309358444 Wed 29 Jun 2011 10:40:44 AM EDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/8 Auto Zori a8fe9a22-70a4-4a5b-8e69-b342fd6bb18d 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/44 Auto blueStreak c3ced150-1974-4686-b443-b04b30122501 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/43 System eth0 5fb06bd0-0bb0-7ffb-45f1-d6edd65f3e03 802-3-ethernet 1304271409 Sun 01 May 2011 01:36:49 PM EDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/42 Auto wakemed c6fa0f67-49a8-4dd3-8fe4-5c51f851186e 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/4 Auto TV1 d6671cd0-c9f8-4bad-9572-2ccc35f6181e 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/3 Auto RedeWiFiInfraero 3dea7620-d7c1-4bf9-8274-5bf88f29e94d 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/7 Auto BRAZIL_TOURISM 26684f91-1fa0-454a-8636-4b6c1e6e17a0 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/6 Auto linksys dc7fb0c3-cf52-468c-9f57-69812d8bb662 802-11-wireless 0 never no no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/5 Red Hat PHX 11d7da5f-3ec7-4134-93c9-e928a3d1f113 vpn 1302054026 Tue 05 Apr 2011 09:40:26 PM EDT no no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/46 Red Hat RDU - OTP 7a391362-bdec-4b63-89f0-07b5d69f6968 vpn 1302182353 Thu 07 Apr 2011 09:19:13 AM EDT no no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/45 Auto WireSnap 83b844c4-66c3-4e37-b4c4-957318676d8c 802-11-wireless 1308665904 Tue 21 Jun 2011 10:18:24 AM EDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/29 Auto Drum3 83a28214-1325-446c-8750-48f3ed0b62cf 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/28 Auto rh-wireless 679157a7-6df9-4465-a1fc-3a1243adc5d4 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/27 Auto randyandcaryn 78e7b276-d2ac-4f97-b4c1-7ae181d9d092 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/26 Auto SpeedLinks25 d192cd6c-1f28-4392-b96b-d54b762141fa 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/25 Auto HolidayInn f4b2f4fd-ff89-41a0-be59-5161260bca52 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/24 Auto Speedy Wi-Fi - 0800 774 4000 4dc29ded-010d-4d92-8450-554758ab6dd0 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/23 Auto LittleCat f4b5e597-59dc-4e79-a9ef-d43eecd81239 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/22 Auto Washington Dulles WiFi e6f9992c-e93d-4db7-b5a3-96cb8ddbfa06 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/21 Auto loganwifi 7df3b2ed-a0f2-4db1-87ad-8d4cc632d1c1 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/20 Auto LINUX 4dff9ce9-8015-40b9-94cd-caad81c2ff16 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2 Auto ncsu-guest 1feb0f0c-a2ec-4e2e-a9a8-85779fe94774 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1 Auto SHERATON 38ec2d65-d4d5-4089-8b46-ae738e243077 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 Auto Free Public WiFi 4750bb63-0b5b-4673-9da3-6d82ae829bee 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/18 Auto sfo free wifi 861b1a09-fd57-4057-b2cd-3a6f76d1063b 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/34 Auto vex 7e309460-a896-4162-8e6f-59225456b31a 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/33 Auto WTC free 1f84b929-7bde-44a7-aad4-dccc3943befc 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/32 Auto visitor 12b6e7e7-46ca-4873-900d-aaecb23d47da 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/37 Auto AnchorPublic 824377b5-319e-4576-aa9e-575da858ddea 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/39 Auto 2WIRE782 5b717f1e-cb94-49be-979f-fcc3f42f1c53 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/38 Auto Charlie Brown c54118fd-1332-4ad2-8aef-3c76a7afa427 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/31 Auto linksys d59c7181-1e9f-464b-a7ca-22168b8930c2 802-11-wireless 1304272625 Sun 01 May 2011 01:57:05 PM EDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/36 Auto Boingo Hotspot 17254464-39b5-4851-843f-d0751d305543 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/35 Auto home2 8ae7ba91-1af3-4fa2-9164-b3a2eed3cc2c 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/19 Auto Shake 1fcc06ea-072d-496c-bdc8-0ca637faf891 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/17 Auto SpeedLinks32 8b18af21-a34d-435a-9708-bd93184fa747 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/16 Auto Premium 7cda07fc-d06d-4a66-93a9-6ed44eddac60 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/15 Auto kimpton 0352c0d2-471c-42f5-bee9-84dea61d7354 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/30 Auto church 0d06a01a-f92a-4cc8-b9da-99dd74c92937 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/14 Auto Flavio’s MacBook Pro cd908b84-ad47-452e-8f32-fb6220aa869e 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/13 Auto DigitalCenterHotspot 3533dc1b-e6e6-4864-902b-d82cfa319d7d 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/12 Auto johnson3 26ca85de-dcc1-43b5-b9ae-32ea2271f24d 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/11 Auto WTC wayflex 0970c558-5e35-4694-8b77-8bac99e5c2e7 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/10 Auto linux-2 db243ef2-37f3-4c34-9d3d-168a08efb7d8 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/41 Auto MULTIPENSIONS 8ca9a88b-85e7-44fc-bc06-e2d6fc17f19b 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/40 [josef@localhost ~]$ Weird that I have auto connections for these access points, I have seriously never connected to them, they are just random access points around my house.
is there any way to remove these auto connections?
Sure, you use nm-connection-editor for that. Either run it from a terminal or in GnomeShell via Applications->Other->Network Connections Then click 'Wireless' tab, select a connection and click Delete button to remove it.
The networks was probably created by GnomeShell network applet. See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650494#c8
This also happens in F16. I mistakenly clicked on a detected AP, but cancelled the connection at the password dialogue. Gnome then kept prompting for the password every-so-often. I used the technique in comment #4 to stop this.
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