Will not find network after connection info is edited

Network manager fails to connect after editing my connection information and rebooting. This becomes a real hassle when I need to use a different DNS server than what my ISP provides me by default.
After reboot, if I want to try connecting to my old network connection setup by removing the auto-generated (default) one during that boot and then clicking on my connection in the applet, my computer instantly gives me an error message "connection not found".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-29.39-lowlatency 3.16.7-ckt2
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-29-lowlatency x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jan 12 13:58:36 2015
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-08 (65 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static
 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.11 metric 9
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-con:
 NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
 Wired connection 1 a611b55f-0934-43e9-91d5-ab32d4b0cd67 802-3-ethernet 1421088678 Mon 12 Jan 2015 01:51:18 PM EST yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2
 KCS96 47fa8aac-d4c7-48ab-83bf-59f4aa4da740 802-11-wireless 1421089059 Mon 12 Jan 2015 01:57:39 PM EST yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/6
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
 running 0.9.8.8 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled