[Bug 1113831] Re: Option to mark wireless connection as mobile to save costs

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Option to mark wireless connection as mobile to save costs

Status in NetworkManager:
  Invalid
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When on mobile broadband Ubuntu does not check for updates, which is a
  very good functionality.

  However, many people have data contracts on their smart phones and use
  tethering via WLAN to share the connection. The problem is that my
  phone appears as a hotspot and thus Ubuntu does not recognize that I
  am on broadband and uses most of my monthly traffic just to check for
  updates.

  I would strongly recommend a script in the WLAN configuration to mark
  a connection as mobile.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: network-manager 0.9.6.0+git201301021750.e78c3e8-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-3.7-generic 3.8.0-rc5
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Feb  2 23:35:53 2013
  IfupdownConfig:
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-31 (308 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120331)
  IpRoute:
   default via 172.20.10.1 dev wlan0  proto static 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000 
   172.20.10.0/28 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 172.20.10.3  metric 9
  MarkForUpload: True
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
   WimaxEnabled=true
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-23 (10 days ago)
  nmcli-dev:
   DEVICE     TYPE              STATE         DBUS-PATH                                  
   wlan0      802-11-wireless   connected     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1  
   eth0       802-3-ethernet    unavailable   /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
  nmcli-nm:
   RUNNING         VERSION    STATE           NET-ENABLED   WIFI-HARDWARE   WIFI       WWAN-HARDWARE   WWAN      
   running         0.9.7.0    connected       enabled       enabled         enabled    enabled         enabled

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