root@armadillo:~# nmcli connection add type gsm ifname ttyUSB2 apn sakura Connection 'gsm-ttyUSB2' (a4ed3734-44e7-4586-922d-1f3bb38e0e5e) successfully added. root@armadillo:~# nmcli connection down gsm-ttyUSB2 Connection 'gsm-ttyUSB2' successfully deactivated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1) root@armadillo:~# nmcli connection modify gsm-ttyUSB2 gsm.sim-operator-id 44020 root@armadillo:~# nmcli connection up gsm-ttyUSB2 Error: Connection activation failed: Connection 'gsm-ttyUSB2' is not available on the device ttyUSB2 at this time. root@armadillo:~# nmcli connection show gsm-random: crng init done random: 6 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting ttyUSB2 connection.id: gsm-ttyUSB2 connection.uuid: a4ed3734-44e7-4586-922d-1f3bb38e0e5e connection.stable-id: -- connection.interface-name: ttyUSB2 connection.type: gsm connection.autoconnect: yes connection.autoconnect-priority: 0 connection.autoconnect-retries: -1 (default) connection.timestamp: 0 connection.read-only: no connection.permissions: connection.zone: -- connection.master: -- connection.slave-type: -- connection.autoconnect-slaves: -1 (default) connection.secondaries: connection.gateway-ping-timeout: 0 connection.metered: unknown connection.lldp: -1 (default) ipv4.method: auto ipv4.dns: ipv4.dns-search: ipv4.dns-options: (default) ipv4.dns-priority: 0 ipv4.addresses: ipv4.gateway: -- ipv4.routes: ipv4.route-metric: -1 ipv4.ignore-auto-routes: no ipv4.ignore-auto-dns: no ipv4.dhcp-client-id: -- ipv4.dhcp-timeout: 0 ipv4.dhcp-send-hostname: yes ipv4.dhcp-hostname: -- ipv4.dhcp-fqdn: -- ipv4.never-default: no ipv4.may-fail: yes ipv4.dad-timeout: -1 (default) ipv6.method: auto ipv6.dns: ipv6.dns-search: ipv6.dns-options: (default) ipv6.dns-priority: 0 ipv6.addresses: ipv6.gateway: -- ipv6.routes: ipv6.route-metric: -1 ipv6.ignore-auto-routes: no ipv6.ignore-auto-dns: no ipv6.never-default: no ipv6.may-fail: yes ipv6.ip6-privacy: -1 (unknown) ipv6.addr-gen-mode: stable-privacy ipv6.dhcp-send-hostname: yes ipv6.dhcp-hostname: -- ipv6.token: -- gsm.number: *99# gsm.username: -- gsm.password: gsm.password-flags: 0 (none) gsm.apn: sakura gsm.network-id: -- gsm.pin: gsm.pin-flags: 0 (none) gsm.home-only: no gsm.device-id: -- gsm.sim-id: -- gsm.sim-operator-id: 44020 proxy.method: none proxy.browser-only: no proxy.pac-url: -- proxy.pac-script: -- GENERAL.NAME: gsm-ttyUSB2 GENERAL.UUID: a4ed3734-44e7-4586-922d-1f3bb38e0e5e GENERAL.DEVICES: ttyUSB2 GENERAL.STATE: activating GENERAL.DEFAULT: no GENERAL.DEFAULT6: no GENERAL.VPN: no GENERAL.ZONE: -- GENERAL.DBUS-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/2 GENERAL.CON-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2 GENERAL.SPEC-OBJECT: -- GENERAL.MASTER-PATH: