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= 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.

The versions of software used in this comparison were:
 * ''Network Manager'' -- {{{0.9}}}
 * ''Modem Manager'' -- {{{0.4}}}
 * ''ConnMan'' -- {{{0.64}}}
 * ''Vodafone Mobile Connect (VMC)''  -- {{{2.0}}}
 * ''Wicd'' -- {{{1.6.1}}}

|| || '''Network Manager''' || '''Network Manager + Modem Manager''' || '''Connman''' || '''VMC''' || '''Wicd''' ||
|| 3G || (./) [[#note1|[1] ]] || (./) || (./) [[#note2|[2] ]] || (./) [[#note3|[3] ]] || {X} ||
|| 3G Signal Strength || {X} || (./) || NA || (./) || NA ||
|| SMS || {X} || (./) [[#note4|[4] ]] || {X} || (./) || {X} ||
|| Bluetooth DUN (3G) ||  (./) || (./) || {X} || {X} || {X} ||
|| Bluetooth PAN (3G) ||  (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || {X} ||
|| Manual IP/DNS || (./) || (./) || ? || ? || (./) ||
|| Wireless || (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || (./) ||
|| WEP || (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || (./) ||
|| WPA Personal || (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || (./) ||
|| WPA Enterprise || (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || (./) ||
|| Wired || (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || (./) ||
|| PPPoe (DSL) || (./) || (./) || {X} || {X} || {X} ||
|| VPN X, Y, Z || (./) [[#note5|[5] ]] || (./) [[#note5|[5] ]] || (./) || {X} || {X} ||
|| wimax || (./) || (./) || (./) [[#note6|[6] ]] || {X} || {X} ||
|| system connections || (./) || (./) || (./) || {X} || (./) ||
|| connection sharing || (./) [[#note7|[7] ]] || (./) || unknown || unknown || {X} ||
|| multi user capable || (./) [[#note8|[8] ]] || (./) [[#note8|[8] ]] || {X} || (./) || (./) [[#note9|[9] ]] ||
|| Connection Editor || (./) || (./) || {X} || ? || (./) ||
|| Plugable/extensibility || (./) [N] || (./) [N] || (./) [N] || (./) [N] || (./) [N] ||
|| Overall robustness || Improving || Unknown || Unknown || Unknown || Unknown ||
|| Upstream responsiveness  || Good || Good || Unknown || Unknown || Unknown ||

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

== Notes ==

 * <<Anchor(note1)>> [1] -- Full 3G support since the 0.8 release.
 * <<Anchor(note2)>> [2] -- Connman 3G currently support Ericsson MBM modems only. A plugin model exists for supporting other devices. 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]].
 * <<Anchor(note3)>> [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 ).
 * <<Anchor(note4)>> [4] -- Modem Manager has limited SMS support and needs some help there to make it work with more modems.
 * <<Anchor(note5)>> [5] -- VPN is possible via the network-manager VPN plugin packages found in Universe.
 * <<Anchor(note6)>> [6] -- WiMax requires extra packages which are not bundled with core Connman.
 * <<Anchor(note7)>> [7] -- unreliable due to kernel bugs when using WPA encryption on the adhoc wifi network; that's a kernel bug.
 * <<Anchor(note8)>> [8] -- 0.9 fixes issues with user settings and supports Fast User Switching. 0.9 allows connections to be single-user or multiple-user or system-wide via connection permissions, and also has PolicyKit support for fine-grained administration
 * <<Anchor(note9)>> [9] -- user settings can be shared globally only ( ie. no private per-user settings )


== Links ==

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