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lfitzgerald

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Registered: 2021-07-16

Posts: 174

[SOLVED] NetworkManager auto-connecting to WireGuard

I use NetworkManager with two WireGuard connection imported for my VPN. The two connections correspond to two different servers. I use one server or the other depending on the situation.

Both came as fairly simple WireGuard configs which I added with

nmcli connection import type wireguard file foo.conf

The problem is that at boot, NM tries to connect to *both*. This of course makes my internet not work, until I manually disable one with

nmcli connection down foo

Surely there's a setting somewhere in NM that says "don't automatically connect to this" - where is it? Or do I have to write my own systemd timer?

Last edited by lfitzgerald (2022-07-03 01:43:31)

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: [SOLVED] NetworkManager auto-connecting to WireGuard

Yes, the setting is called "autoconnect", the cli option would be

nmcli connection modify "$wgprofile" autoconnect no

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lfitzgerald

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Registered: 2021-07-16

Posts: 174

Re: [SOLVED] NetworkManager auto-connecting to WireGuard

Thank you! Also I was able to check the value of this with

nmcli connection show "$wgprofile"