ConnectionManagerComparison

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Connection Manager comparison ## page was renamed from DesktopTeam/ConnetionManagerComparison
= Connection Manager comparison =
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 * Make a comparison table with Connman, NetworkManager and VMC 2.0 wrt connection manager features, e.g.
    * 3G
    * Bluetooth DUN (3G)
    * Bluetooth PAN (3g)
    * Wireless
    * WEP
    * WPA
    * Wired
    * VPN X, Y, Z
    * wimax
    * system connections
    * multi user capable		 This table is meant as a high level feature comparison matrix of the current group of open-source network management software solutions available for Linux today ( as of early July 2009 ).

The versions of software used in this comparison were:
 * ''Network Manager'' -- {{{0.7.1}}}
 * ''Modem Manager'' -- {{{0.2 based snapshot}}}
 * ''ConnMan'' -- {{{0.19}}}
 * ''Vodafone Mobile Connect (VMC)'' -- {{{2.0}}}
 * ''Wicd'' -- {{{1.6.1}}}

|| || '''Network Manager''' || '''Network Manager + Modem Manager''' || '''Connman''' || '''VMC''' || '''Wicd''' ||
|| 3G || (./) [[#note1|1]] || (./) || {X} {2} || (./) {3} || {X} ||
|| 3G Signal Strength || {X} || (./) || NA || (./) || NA ||
|| SMS || {X} || (./) || {X} || (./) || {X} ||
|| Bluetooth DUN (3G) || (./) (with blueman) || ? || {X} || {X} || {X} ||
|| Bluetooth PAN (3G) || (./) (with blueman) || ? || (./) || {X} || {X} ||
|| Manual IP/DNS || (./) || (./) || ? || ? || (./) ||
|| Wireless || (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || (./) ||
|| WEP || (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || (./) ||
|| WPA Personal || (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || (./) ||
|| WPA Enterprise || (./) || (./) || {X} || {X} || (./) ||
|| Wired || (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || (./) ||
|| PPPoe (DSL) || (./) || (./) || {X} || {X} || {X} ||
|| VPN X, Y, Z || (./) [N] || (./) [N] || {X} || {X} || {X} ||
|| wimax || {X} || {X} || (./) [N] || {X} || {X} ||
|| system connections || (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || (./) ||
|| connection sharing || unreliable || unknown || unknown || unknown || {X} ||
|| multi user capable || (./) (probs with user sett.) || (./) (probs with user sett.) || {X} || (./) || (./) [N] ||
|| Connection Editor || (./) || (./) || {X} || ? || (./) ||
|| Plugable/extensibility || (./) [N] || (./) [N] || (./) [N] || (./) [N] || (./) [N] ||
|| Overall robustness || Improving || Unknown || Unknown || Unknown || ||
|| Upstream responsiveness || Good || Good || Unknown [N] || Unknown [N]|| ||
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== Notes ==

 * <<Anchor(note1)>> [1] -- Network Manager 0.7.x has limited support for 3G. Full support for Modem Manager is planned for the 0.8 release. A patched version of Network Manager 0.7.1 integrated with Modem Manager is available from the Modem Manager PPA ( https://launchpad.net/~modemmanager/+archive/ppa ).
 * [2] -- Connman 3G support is planned. It's unclear at this point whether Connman will support Modem Manager or only support the new joint Intel/Nokia project called oFono ( http://ofono.org ). See moblin bug [[http://bugzilla.moblin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4010|#401]].
 * [3] -- VMC 2.0 supports a fixed set of 3G cards ( which can be extended via a plugin API ). Future versions of VMC should integrate with Network Manager ( via the Modem Manager DBUS API ).

== Links ==

 * ''Network Manager'' ( http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/ )
 * ''Modem Manager'' ( http://gitorious.org/modemmanager/pages/Home )
 * ''ConnMan'' ( http://connman.net/ )
 * ''Vodafone Mobile Connect (VMC)'' ( https://forge.betavine.net/projects/vodafonemobilec/ )
 * ''Wicd'' ( http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ )

Connection Manager comparison

This table is meant as a high level feature comparison matrix of the current group of open-source network management software solutions available for Linux today ( as of early July 2009 ).

The versions of software used in this comparison were:

  • Network Manager -- 0.7.1

  • Modem Manager -- 0.2 based snapshot

  • ConnMan -- 0.19

  • Vodafone Mobile Connect (VMC) -- 2.0

  • Wicd -- 1.6.1

Network Manager

Network Manager + Modem Manager

Connman

VMC

Wicd

3G

(./) 1

(./)

(X) (2)

(./) (3)

(X)

3G Signal Strength

(X)

(./)

NA

(./)

NA

SMS

(X)

(./)

(X)

(./)

(X)

Bluetooth DUN (3G)

(./) (with blueman)

?

(X)

(X)

(X)

Bluetooth PAN (3G)

(./) (with blueman)

?

(./)

(X)

(X)

Manual IP/DNS

(./)

(./)

?

?

(./)

Wireless

(./)

(./)

(./)

(X)

(./)

WEP

(./)

(./)

(./)

(X)

(./)

WPA Personal

(./)

(./)

(./)

(X)

(./)

WPA Enterprise

(./)

(./)

(X)

(X)

(./)

Wired

(./)

(./)

(./)

(X)

(./)

PPPoe (DSL)

(./)

(./)

(X)

(X)

(X)

VPN X, Y, Z

(./) [N]

(./) [N]

(X)

(X)

(X)

wimax

(X)

(X)

(./) [N]

(X)

(X)

system connections

(./)

(./)

(./)

(X)

(./)

connection sharing

unreliable

unknown

unknown

unknown

(X)

multi user capable

(./) (probs with user sett.)

(./) (probs with user sett.)

(X)

(./)

(./) [N]

Connection Editor

(./)

(./)

(X)

?

(./)

Plugable/extensibility

(./) [N]

(./) [N]

(./) [N]

(./) [N]

(./) [N]

Overall robustness

Improving

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Upstream responsiveness

Good

Good

Unknown [N]

Unknown [N]

  • make a comparison table Connman 3G
    • to be filled out.

Notes

  • [1] -- Network Manager 0.7.x has limited support for 3G. Full support for Modem Manager is planned for the 0.8 release. A patched version of Network Manager 0.7.1 integrated with Modem Manager is available from the Modem Manager PPA ( https://launchpad.net/~modemmanager/+archive/ppa ).

  • [2] -- Connman 3G support is planned. It's unclear at this point whether Connman will support Modem Manager or only support the new joint Intel/Nokia project called oFono ( http://ofono.org ). See moblin bug #401.

  • [3] -- VMC 2.0 supports a fixed set of 3G cards ( which can be extended via a plugin API ). Future versions of VMC should integrate with Network Manager ( via the Modem Manager DBUS API ).

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