ConnectionManagerComparison

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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 ( 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'' --

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 ( 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 --

Network Manager

Network Manager + Modem Manager

Connman

VMC

Wicd

3G

(./) (1)

(./)

(X) (2)

(./) (3)

3G Signal Strength

(X)

(./)

NA

(./)

SMS

(X)

(./)

(X)

(./)

Bluetooth DUN (3G)

(./) (with blueman)

?

(X)

(X)

Bluetooth PAN (3g)

(./) (with blueman)

?

(./)

(X)

Manual IP/DNS

(./)

(./)

?

?

(./)

Wireless

(./)

(./)

(./)

(X)

(./)

WEP

(./)

(./)

(./)

(X)

(./)

WPA Personal

(./)

(./)

(./)

(X)

(./)

WPA Enterprise

(./)

(./)

(X)

(X)

(./)

Wired

(./)

(./)

(./)

(X)

(./)

PPPoe (DSL)

(./)

(./)

(X)

(X)

VPN X, Y, Z

(./) [N]

(./) [N]

(X)

(X)

wimax

(X)

(X)

(./) [N]

(X)

system connections

(./)

(./)

(./)

(X)

multi user capable

(./) (probs with user sett.)

(./) (probs with user sett.)

(X)

(./)

Connection Editor

(./)

(./)

(X)

?

(./)

Plugable/extensibility

(./) [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.
  • todo: fill out wicd (http://wicd.net) column

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