NM-ONLINE(1) General Commands Manual NM-ONLINE(1)
NAME
nm-online - ask NetworkManager whether the network is connected
SYNOPSIS
nm-online [OPTIONS...]
DESCRIPTION
nm-online is a utility to find out whether we are online. It is done by asking NetworkManager about its
status. When run, nm-online 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).
By default NetworkManager waits for IPv4 dynamic addressing to complete but does not wait for the auto IPv6
dynamic addressing. To wait for IPv6 addressing to complete, either (1) change the network connection's IPv6
may-fail setting to no, and/or (2) change the IPv6 addressing method to manual or dhcp, to indicate that IPv6
connectivity is expected.
OPTIONS
-t | --timeout seconds
Time to wait for a connection, in seconds. If the option is not provided, the default timeout is 30
seconds.
-x | --exit
Exit immediately if NetworkManager is not running or connecting.
-q | --quiet
Don't print anything.
-s | --wait-for-startup
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, nm-online -s will just return immediately, regardless of
the current network state.)
EXIT STATUS
nm-online exits with status 0 if it succeeds, a value greater than 0 is returned if an error occurs.
0
Success – already online or connection established within given timeout.
1
Offline or not online within given timeout.
2
Unknown or unspecified error.
SEE ALSO
nmcli(1), NetworkManager(8).
NetworkManager 1.4.0 NM-ONLINE(1)
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