Bug 758749 - Network Manager's "Hotspots" should not "Connect Automatically"
Summary: Network Manager's "Hotspots" should not "Connect Automatically"
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 16
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
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Assignee: Dan Williams
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-11-30 16:21 UTC by Dylan R. Semler
Modified: 2013-02-13 13:49 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-02-13 13:48:57 UTC
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Description Dylan R. Semler 2011-11-30 16:21:14 UTC
Description of problem:
I'm not sure if this is considered a bug or a feature request.  I was using NetworkManager and created a Wifi hotspot to connect my phone to the internet through my laptop.  I had enabled the "Connect Automatically" checkbox when configuring the Hotspot.  Later when I tried to connect my laptop to the internet via wifi, I could not disable the hotspot.  Each time I clicked on the 
"Stop Hotspot" button, NetworkManager would disable and then re-enable the hotspot.  The computer would never connect to the outside wifi.  Once I disabled the "Connect Automatically" checkbox, the hotspot would successfully disable.

Perhaps the "Connect Automatically" checkbox should be grey for the hotspot profile.  Though I guess there may be use cases where people want to create a hotspot every time they boot and would want this checkbox enabled.  Maybe then there should be a warning or a description next to the checkbox about enabling "Connect Automatically" for wifi hotspots.  Of course there may also be a smart way of handling this when the "Stop Hotspot" button is clicked that allows for every use case to be served.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-gtk-0.9.1.90-5.git20110927.fc16.x86_64
NetworkManager-0.9.1.90-5.git20110927.fc16.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Create a wifi Hotspot using NetworkManager
2.  Enable the "Connect Automatically" checkbox
3.  Click on the "Stop Hotspot" button
  
Actual results:
The Hotspot is stopped and then started again

Expected results:
The Hotspot is stopped and the wifi network card can be used to connect to other wifi networks

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