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Connection Manager
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Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Functionality and features
==========================
The following features are built-in into Connection Manager:
- Generic plugin infrastructure
- Device and network abstraction (with basic storage support)
- IPv4, routing and DNS configuration
- DNS Proxy
Various plugins can be enabled for networking support:
- Ethernet plugin
- WiFi plugin with WEP40/WEP128 and WPA/WPA2 (personal only) support
- Bluetooth plugin
Also plugins with additional features are available:
- Loopback setup
- PolicyKit support
Compilation and installation
============================
In order to compile Connection Manager you need following software packages:
- GCC compiler
- GLib library
- D-Bus library
- PolicyKit (optional)
To configure run:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
Configure automatically searches for all required components and packages.
To compile and install run:
make && make install
VPN
===
In order to compile pptp and l2tp VPN plugins, you need ppp development
package.
To run l2tp you will need
- xl2tpd, http://www.xelerance.com/services/software/xl2tpd
To run pptp you will need
- pptp client, http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net
Both l2tp and pptp also need pppd.
Configuration and options
=========================
For a working system, certain configuration options need to be enabled:
--enable-ethernet
Enable support for Ethernet network cards
--enable-wifi
Enable support for WiFi devices (requires wpa_supplicant)
--enable-bluetooth
Enable support for Bluetooth devices (requires BlueZ)
--enable-loopback
Enable setup of loopback device
For distributions with a really minimal init system and no
networking scripts this can take care of setting up the
loopback device and enabling it.
It is safe to select this option even if networking scripts
are in place. It detects an already configured loopback
device and leaves it as it is.
--enable-polkit
Enable support for PolicyKit authorization
This allows to check every D-Bus access against a security
policy and so restrict access to certain functionality.
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