| PackageDescription | network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices
and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when
available. It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE
devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN
services.
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This package provides the userspace daemons and a command line interface to
interact with NetworkManager.
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Optional dependencies:
* ppp: Required for establishing dial-up connections (e.g. via GSM).
* dnsmasq-base/iptables: Required for creating Ad-hoc connections and
connection sharing.
* avahi-autoipd: Used for IPv4LL, a protocol for automatic Link-Local IP
address configuration.
* libteam-utils: Network Team driver allows multiple network interfaces to be
teamed together and act like a single one. This process is called "ethernet
bonding", "channel teaming" or "link aggregation". |