[Networkmanager] Multiple connections for the same device

Fabio Porcedda fabio.porcedda at gmail.com
Mon Jul 10 11:51:10 UTC 2023


Il giorno sab 8 lug 2023 alle ore 10:59 Frédéric Martinsons <
frederic.martinsons at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> s/limbmm/libmm
>
> Le sam. 8 juil. 2023, 10:58, Frédéric Martinsons <
> frederic.martinsons at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a similar use case, to have multiple GSM configuration for a
>> device, I disabled autoconnect on Networkmanager and I have a dedicated
>> service (which is built around libnm et limbmm) to be able to
>> actovate/deactivate/monitor these multiple connection.
>>
>> I don't think it is possible in NM to have multiple active connection on
>> the same device.
>>
>
I think the same, so in order to have it I would like to change the source
code, I appreciate any suggestion about the parts to change.
I'm searching for the code where the old connection is disconnected when a
new one is made for the same device.



> Le sam. 8 juil. 2023, 10:31, Fabio Porcedda <fabio.porcedda at gmail.com> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>>
>>> Il giorno ven 7 lug 2023 alle ore 16:19 Andrei Borzenkov <
>>> arvidjaar at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 5:10 PM Fabio Porcedda <fabio.porcedda at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi all,
>>>> > I would like to implement multiple connections for the same device,
>>>> My idea is to avoid disconnecting a connection even if a new connection is
>>>> requested for the same device. Does anyone have some suggestions about the
>>>> file or function to change?
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure I understand what device you mean. Do you mean ethernet
>>>> interface? Do you want to apply multiple connection profiles to the
>>>> same ethernet interface concurrently?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I mean gsm type device. I would like to activate multiple connection
>>> profiles for the same gsm device at the same time.
>>> Sometimes it is useful to have multiple active apn for the same
>>> broadband device enabled at the same time because each apn can have
>>> different capabilities.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> --
>>> Fabio Porcedda
>>>
>>

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Fabio Porcedda
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