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In a client workplace, they have a secured wifi connection and a unsecured client-guest network. My laptop is automatically connecting to this Guest network, and by doing so, this leaves me unable to remote into any machine (rightfully so). It's a mild annoyance, but repeatedly this lost time adds up.

May I instruct gnome to never connect to certain networks?

Failing that, would using Wicd be a reliable alternative?

Rick
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  • possible duplicate of https://askubuntu.com/questions/165679/how-to-manage-available-wireless-network-priority – ravery Jul 07 '17 at 13:44
  • @ravery That question mentions a python tool, which is great, yes! But, I'd like to handle this directly through a conf file or disabling a network through the interfaces provided by network-manager. I find loading additional utilities can sometimes complicate a situation more than help. – Rick Jul 07 '17 at 13:48
  • see the second answer – ravery Jul 07 '17 at 13:49
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    Can we assume that simply unchecking the Automatically connect to this network when it is available box doesn't provide a solution in this case? – steeldriver Jul 07 '17 at 14:02
  • @steeldriver that works in Unity Network Manager GUI. In GNOME it's a little different. See my answer :-) – heynnema Jul 07 '17 at 14:07

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  • Open the GNOME WiFi network settings panel
  • locate the guest network and click on the gear icon
  • click reset in the left pane
  • click the forget button
heynnema
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