GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 348330
Tracker: Integrated PPP support: Missing PSTN dial-up networking
Last modified: 2020-11-12 14:34:53 UTC
Should be nice to integrate also dialup support in NetworkManager in future.
Which distribution are you using? There's already some dialup support in the SUSE and Fedora backends, and later this year more integrated PPP dialup support will be landing. But if you distro backend has it, it should work...
Yes, there is a good support in Suse and Fedora, but i think NetworkManager could manage also PPP connections, near wire and wireless ones. For istance, in ubuntu 6.06 you must use gnome-system-tools that has poor support in dialup. I hope for the future a single well integrated interface to manage ALL network connections for a box, with a single applet to manage that. I think NetworkManager could be a great candidate for this work.
(In reply to comment #1) > Which distribution are you using? There's already some dialup support in the > SUSE and Fedora backends, and later this year more integrated PPP dialup > support will be landing. But if you distro backend has it, it should work... I'm not very familiar with network-manager (except for using it). What exactly do you mean by »backends«? pppd? I'd like to get this working on my box and right now I can't tell whether it's NM's fault or the fault of my distributor (which seems to be the case according to you comment).
On the last ubuntu (6.10) networkmanager still does not supply pppoe or dialup configuration. Good work guys
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #1) > > Which distribution are you using? There's already some dialup support in the > > SUSE and Fedora backends, and later this year more integrated PPP dialup > > support will be landing. But if you distro backend has it, it should work... > > I'm not very familiar with network-manager (except for using it). What exactly > do you mean by »backends«? pppd? I'd like to get this working on my box and > right now I can't tell whether it's NM's fault or the fault of my distributor > (which seems to be the case according to you comment). > NM has distribution specific backends for certain operations, and hooking into the dialup config is one of those. If you look at src/backends/NetworkManagerRedHat.c, you'll see: nm_system_deactivate_all_dialup nm_system_deactivate_dialup nm_system_activate_dialup nm_system_get_dialup_config These functions need to be implemented for your backend. This support is pretty half-assed though, and will be replaced in the next few months with a much better integrated solution that talks directly to wvdial and pppd, but only in HEAD. So a patch would be quite welcome for your distro for the stable branch.
Using Fedora7 ( rawhide ), and i was able to connect via dialup using NM -> Dial up Connection -> Connect to dial_up_network I am able to verify i am connected via ifconfig, but nm-applet thinks i'am not connected to network, and as a result i cannot connect to VPN bugzilla#354068 . Additionally, nm-tool does not list ppp0 interface .
it seems nm 0.7 handles dial-up connection, atleast on ubuntu . http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2007-May/msg00081.html Fedora7 runs nm 0.6.5 :(
this is now the PPP support tracker bug for 0.7.
*** Bug 458014 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 506060 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 354068 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Just want to remind that PPP support should also include xDSL connections through USB modems, otherwise Firefox, Pidgin are going to think I'm offline (as it's happening right now in Fedora 9...)
What is actually happening on this issue ? I was able to connect to dial up connections with NetworkManager with openSUSE 10.3, now I have to use Kinternet. Really a major advance in usability..
PPP support is there for mobile broadband (3G) cards and thus the basis is there for POTS dialup as well. We're still working on dialup but things are moving.
*** Bug 555040 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Just upgraded to latest Ubuntu 8.10 Beta. It has Network Manager 0.7.0 What i miss is ppp dialup, for pppoe adsl. By selecting "VPN Connections > Configure VPN" i can edit the settings manually i can get to the DSL tab. I add a pppoe network here, the problem is it appears under the "Wired Network's" section and not as a dialup i can start in addition to the Ethernet/Wifi connection. I also added a 3G connection under the "Mobile Broadband" but it does not show in the menu as a option i can connect to.
(In reply to comment #16) > Just upgraded to latest Ubuntu 8.10 Beta. > It has Network Manager 0.7.0 > > What i miss is ppp dialup, for pppoe adsl. > By selecting "VPN Connections > Configure VPN" > i can edit the settings manually i can get to the DSL tab. > I add a pppoe network here, the problem is it appears under the "Wired > Network's" section and not as a dialup i can start in addition to the > Ethernet/Wifi connection. PPPoE is only supported on wired devices at the moment, that will be fixed. > I also added a 3G connection under the "Mobile Broadband" but it does not show > in the menu as a option i can connect to. That probably means your 3G device either (a) isn't recognized as a 3G device by HAL, and/or (b) isn't connected. What mobile broadband device do you have, and is it plugged in?
This is really a nuisance. Using mobile broadband ( GPRS with Sony Ericsson W800i ) over bluetooth is still only possible by switching off NetworkManager alltogether and use ifup in combination with Kinternet. Currently using opensuse 11.1 final. Neither configuration nor usage are possible via NetworkManager. Good job, guys. Priority should be higher than normal, severity should be at least major. Why this is treated as enhancement is over my head, as this used to work in older versions.
Ubuntu Jaunty now ships with 0.7.1. It still misses PPP dialup options. It's not clear whether from this bug report whether this is a work in progress or if it has been ditched. Can somebody shed a clearer light about it? I really think PPP dialup should be integrated in the NetworkManager as this is still a normal (if rare) use-case for people to get various network connection over landline modems.
Even now, at the dawn of a new century... Gnome Network Manager lacks the classic PPP0. PLEASE GET DIAL-UP SUPPORT BACK! This is essential for me because no other services are offered where I'm from. As of Ubuntu 8.04 it was discontinued, I beg of you to not discontinue support for Dial-up! This effects all distros and greatly hurts linux as an entirety because some distros do not come shipped with gnome-ppp, in such cases there is no way possible to "dial-up" and get it. Meaning unless it supports a packaging system and you know how to get the multiple dependencies (wvdial, etc, etc.) it is impossible to use the internet at all!... So, once again... please please... get support back. :)
Is it going to happen?!
It's there. Feel free to file specific bug reports.
This bug was initially created for POTS dial-up support in NetworkManager. Downstream bugs e.g. Ubuntu and Fedora, still link to it for dial-up POTS; also marked bugzilla duplicates. Can this bug be re-opened?
Thanks, changing the summary.
NM bugzilla reorganization... sorry for the bug spam.
This is a very important bug, which has sadly been ignored for the past seven years. Dial-up obviously still plays a role in the lives of people who have no other way of connecting: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/14/143721874/in-cuba-dial-up-internet-is-a-luxury http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-12-06/lifestyle/35288255_1_servers-andrew-lewis-activists Looking forward to a "Dial-Up" tab right in gnome-network-manager next to "Wired" connections. By dialup I mean PPP, gnome-ppp style. Else we will have to port wvdial and use it for life, buggy as it is... :)
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This feature would be valuable for Tails: https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/5543
bugzilla.gnome.org is being shut down in favor of a GitLab instance. We are closing all old bug reports and feature requests in GNOME Bugzilla which have not seen updates for a long time. If you still use NetworkManager and if you still see this bug / want this feature in a recent and supported version of NetworkManager, then please feel free to report it at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/issues/ Thank you for creating this report and we are sorry it could not be implemented (workforce and time is unfortunately limited).