Re: Automated selection of connections

[Alex Ferm <aferm petropower com>]

Sorry to dig this up again, but is there a way to catch failed 
auto-connects? I thought I could use a dispatcher script, but it appears 
they are not triggered on failed connections.


On 07/10/2017 03:21 PM, Alex Ferm wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>  I manage a bunch of cellular connected embedded devices running 
> NetworkManager+ModemManager. I use the same software image on all 
> devices regardless of which cell network they run on.
>
> My current solution to selecting the appropriate connection pivots 
> around the sim-operator-id (I'm running NM 1.0.6, so I had to write a 
> dbus client to manage that).
>
> My issue now is that we are switching to a private APN for one of our 
> carriers. This will introduce a new connection configuration, however 
> this time the sim-operator-id will be identical to one of our other 
> options.
>
> Is there a sane way to determine the correct APN to use without 
> setting up connection configurations for every modem that goes out the 
> door? I'd like to continue to be able to provide updates for devices 
> deployed with the old APN without too much work as well.
>
> I'd like to upgrade NM + MM on these devices, but that is not feasible 
> in the near future.

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Alex Ferm
PetroPower, LLC.
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