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connecting with shared with other computers connection in NetworkManager. Other computer gets IP but NetworkManager disconnects the shared connection after half a second. This same setup worked perfectly fine in 11.04. Is there any fix, workaround or alternative way to share a connection with another computer over an Ethernet cable. (I can downgrade to 11.04 but I'd rather not ).

EDIT: found a workaround The workaround for now is to set IPv6 options to Ignore and then sudo killall dnsmasq. Reconnect and it should work.

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It is not fixed yet. I have had this issue just now and the workarround mentioned by the OP did the trick.

The workaround for now is to set IPv6 options to Ignore and then sudo killall dnsmasq. Reconnect and it should work.

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This article seems to address the issue. Appears that dnsmasq should be removed. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Internet/ConnectionSharing

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Yes, that is a bug and it's supposed to have been fixed. I haven't had the time to test it myself yet, but you might want to. This site is for questions and answers. Bugs are handled on Launchpad.net. Here's a direct link to the bug you're after: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/865001. Please describe details about your situation and hopefully it'll get fixed before release.

That bug thread has a workaround that is supposed to work, but as I said, I haven't had the time to test it yet.

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I had the same problem but discovered that I had a regular network patch cable connecting my Netbook to my HD Home Run. I replaced it with a crossover cable and the intermittent connect/disconnect messages went away.

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I had to sudo killall dnsmasq first so I could click the config box then set ipv6 to ignore then sudo killall dnsmasq again...taken me about 4 hours to get connection sharing to work (just dumped Windows).

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