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<refentry id='nm-online'>

  <refentryinfo>
    <title>nm-online</title>
    <author>NetworkManager developers</author>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>nm-online</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo class="source">NetworkManager</refmiscinfo>
    <refmiscinfo class="manual">General Commands Manual</refmiscinfo>
    <refmiscinfo class="version">&NM_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>nm-online</refname>
    <refpurpose>ask NetworkManager whether the network is connected</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>nm-online</command>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1 id='description'><title>Description</title>
    <para><command>nm-online</command> is a utility to find out whether we are
    online. It is done by asking NetworkManager about its status. When run,
    <command>nm-online</command> waits until NetworkManager reports an active
    connection, or specified timeout expires. On exit, the returned status code
    should be checked (see the return codes below).</para>

    <para>By default NetworkManager waits for IPv4 dynamic addressing to complete
    but does not wait for the <literal>auto</literal> IPv6 dynamic addressing. To
    wait for IPv6 addressing to complete, either (1) change the network
    connection's IPv6 <literal>may-fail</literal> setting to <literal>no</literal>,
    and/or (2) change the IPv6 addressing method to <literal>manual</literal> or
    <literal>dhcp</literal>, to indicate that IPv6 connectivity is expected.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='options'><title>Options</title>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-h</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--help</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Print help information.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-q</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--quiet</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Don't print anything.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-s</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--wait-for-startup</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Wait for NetworkManager startup to complete, rather than waiting for
          network connectivity specifically. Startup is considered complete once
          NetworkManager has activated (or attempted to activate) every auto-activate
          connection which is available given the current network state. (This is
          generally only useful at boot time; after startup has completed,
          <command>nm-online -s</command> will just return immediately, regardless of the
          current network state.)</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <group choice='plain'>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>-t</option></arg>
            <arg choice='plain'><option>--timeout</option></arg>
          </group>
          <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>seconds</replaceable></arg>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Time to wait for a connection, in seconds. If the option is not provided,
          the default timeout is 30 seconds.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry>
        <term><group choice='plain'>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>-x</option></arg>
          <arg choice='plain'><option>--exit</option></arg>
        </group></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Exit immediately if NetworkManager is not running or connecting.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='exit_status'><title>Exit Status</title>

    <para><command>nm-online</command> exits with status 0 if it succeeds, a value
    greater than 0 is returned if an error occurs.</para>

    <variablelist spacing='compact' termlength='3'>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>0</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Success &ndash; already online or connection established within given timeout.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>1</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Offline or not online within given timeout.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><errorcode>2</errorcode></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Unknown or unspecified error.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='see_also'><title>See Also</title>
    <para><link linkend='nmcli'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmcli</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>,
    <link linkend='NetworkManager'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>NetworkManager</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></link>.</para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>