GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 780323
'nmcli con add' requires incorrect options for GSM connections
Last modified: 2020-11-12 14:33:09 UTC
$ nmcli con add type gsm con-name "My WWAN" gsm.apn epc.tmobile.com Error: 'ifname' argument is required. Requiring an ifname doesn't make sense for WWAN at all, since the interface names will often change, even more than network interfaces. Can we exclude certain connection types from OPTION_REQD for ifname? $ nmcli --ask con add type gsm con-name "My WWAN" gsm.apn epc.tmobile.com Interface name [*]: There are 2 optional settings for GSM mobile broadband connection. Do you want to provide them? (yes/no) [yes] n There are 2 optional settings for IPv4 protocol. Do you want to provide them? (yes/no) [yes] n There are 2 optional settings for IPv6 protocol. Do you want to provide them? (yes/no) [yes] n There are 4 optional settings for Proxy. Do you want to provide them? (yes/no) [yes] n Error: Failed to add 'My WWAN' connection: proxy: unknown setting name This is also odd; we probably shouldn't fail creating a connection just because some proxy stuff couldn't be handled, that perhaps the user doesn't want.
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