How to trigger network-manager autoconnect?

Question

Let's say that network-manager is connected to specific Wi-Fi network. When I click "Disconnect" via GUI from it then it never connects back.

But when I close the laptop lid, then open it back (so that system suspends and resumes) then network-manager automatically connects to the Wi-Fi network it finds.

How do I trigger network-manager from console to automatically connect to the Wi-Fi network it finds without doing system suspend and resume?

score 17 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 15 '24 at 13:07

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device as suggested only works if the connection is existing/up.

If you want the setting to be permanent, you need to modify the connection config instead of the device config:

nmcli connection modify CONNECTION_NAME connection.autoconnect yes|no

edited Apr 15 '24 at 13:07

Kalle Richter

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answered Oct 12 '20 at 12:58

bluppfisk

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dessert · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-20T13:32:46.013

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nmcli device set IFNAME autoconnect yes

is the command you're searching for. It enables autoconnect for the device with the interface name IFNAME, see e. g. nmcli device to get this name. If the device is currently not connected but finds a network it can connect to when you execute this command, it will instantly connect.

edited Jan 20 '21 at 13:32

answered Aug 20 '17 at 06:01

dessert

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Is there a way to read the current state of this setting for a device? – AndreKR Jul 23 '19 at 22:58
@AndreKR Not that I found quickly – that’s a very good new question! – dessert Aug 04 '19 at 21:20
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I found out that in my case this setting seems to have no effect at all. I had to set connection.autoconnect in the connection properties to control whether my GSM connection is up or down on boot. – AndreKR Aug 04 '19 at 23:01
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@AndreKR its nmcli -f name,autoconnect con – user125756 Aug 10 '22 at 09:48

How to trigger network-manager autoconnect?

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