[Bugs] #2187 UNSP: Sugar Ad-hoc network: reconnect after suspend

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#2187: Sugar Ad-hoc network: reconnect after suspend
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    Reporter:  erikos                     |          Owner:  erikos     
        Type:  enhancement                |         Status:  new        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  0.90       
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  Unspecified
    Severity:  Major                      |       Keywords:  r?         
Distribution:  Unspecified                |   Status_field:  Assigned   
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Comment(by sascha_silbe):

 Replying to [comment:1 erikos]:
 > When we came out from suspend the method autoconnect was called [1].
 [...]

 I wonder why that happens in the first place. Shouldn't NetworkManager
 just keep connected to the Ad-Hoc network (if the WiFi chip remains
 powered) resp. reconnect to the Ad-Hoc network after resume?

 > Result: the patch above. That always waits for 30 seconds, then checks
 if we are in the state disconnected and if yes applies the autoconnect
 logic. Simple, but handle all the cases :)

 This is getting rather ugly, both from a code POV and from a usability one
 (imagine an XO auto-suspending after 5 seconds idle-time and taking 30
 seconds to reconnect to the network).
 Can't we push the Ad-Hoc network handling to NetworkManager? Not only
 would it make our life much easier in Sugar, I'm also worried that with
 [http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/RemovingUserSettings upstream
 removing user settings] our code might not be able to work this way in the
 future.

 > [1]
 http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/sugar/repos/mainline/blobs/master/src/jarabe/model/adhoc.py#line141
 [...]

 BTW, you can use [WikiFormatting Trac wiki syntax] in tickets.

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