NetworkManager

NetworkManager
The default NetworkManager applet for Gnome
Original author(s)	Red Hat
Stable release	0.7.1 / 2009-04-14; 2 months ago
Preview release	trunk
Operating system	Linux
Type	Network Management
License	GNU GPL
Website	gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager

NetworkManager is a software utility aimed at simplifying the use of computer networks on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

The project was initiated in 2004 by Red Hat, with the goal of enabling Linux users to more easily deal with modern networking needs, particularly wireless networking. NetworkManager takes an opportunistic approach to network selection, attempting to use the best available connection as outages occur, or the user roams between wireless networks. Ethernet connections are preferred over “known” wireless networks, which are preferred over wireless networks with SSIDs to which the user has never connected. The user is prompted for WEP or WPA keys as needed.

The project is notable for being among the first major Linux desktop components to utilize D-Bus and HAL extensively. The absence of a compatible HAL service has, to date, prevented NetworkManager's availability on many non-Linux operating systems; however, progress is underway to bring it to FreeBSD and others (HAL is now available for FreeBSD).

NetworkManager is designed in two components: a service which manages connections and reports network changes, and a graphical desktop applet which allows the user to manipulate network connections. Both components are intended to be reasonably portable, and the applet is available to desktop environments which implement the Freedesktop.org System Tray Protocol, including GNOME, KDE and Xfce. As the components communicate via D-Bus, applications can be written to be “link-aware”, or replace the provided applet entirely. One example is KNetworkManager, a KDE frontend to NetworkManager developed by Novell for SUSE Linux.

1 Mobile broadband configuration assistant
2 User interfaces
3 Mobile broadband tested devices
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

Mobile broadband configuration assistant

The development of a mobile broadband configuration assistant for NetworkManager has been announced ^[1] and currently functional in version 0.7.0. Together with the package mobile-broadband-provider-info the connection is easily configured.

User interfaces

Network Manager Plasmoid: a KDE 4 plasma widget frontend
KNetworkManager: the KDE frontend developed by Novell
nm-applet: is the GNOME applet for NetworkManager.
cnetworkmanager: command line interface for NetworkManager.^[2]

Mobile broadband tested devices

The following cards, dongles or phones are known to work with NetworkManager and have been tested by developers.

Sony Ericsson F3507g (aka Dell 5530)
Sony Ericsson MD300
Sony Ericsson TM-506 (via USB cable)
LG PM325 (via USB cable)
BUSlink SCWi275u
Option iCON 225
Option ICON 7.2
Option GT MAX 3.6 (aka Option GT Ultra)
Option Nozomi
Sierra Wireless AirCard 580 (Sprint)
Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 (use latest AT&T firmware)
Sierra Wireless AirCard 860
Sierra Wireless AirCard 595U (Sprint/Verizon)
Sierra Wireless MC8775
Sierra Wireless AC875
Sierra Wireless 885U
Huawei E160G
Huawei E220
Huawei E169
Huawei EC121 (Reliance India)
Huawei E168 (Reliance India)
Novatel Merlin S720 (Sprint/Verizon)
Novatel Merlin XU870 (aka Dell 5510)
Novatel Ovation U727 (Sprint/Verizon)
Novatel Merlin S620 (Sprint)
Qualcomm Gobi (GSM firmware)
Kyocera KPC650 (Verizon)
Verizon Wireless PC5750
Verizon Wireless UM175
Verizon Wireless KPC680

External links

Free software portal

References

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