21.5. Managing Network Connections with NetworkManager

openSUSE Documentation Chapter 21. Basic Networking / 21.5. Managing Network Connections with NetworkManager
	21.4. Configuring a Network Connection with YaST		21.6. Configuring a Network Connection Manually

NetworkManager is the ideal solution for a mobile workstation. With NetworkManager, you do not need to worry about configuring network interfaces and switching between networks when you are moving. NetworkManager can automatically connect to known WLAN networks. If you have two or more connection possibilities, it can connect to the faster one.

	NetworkManager and SCPM
Do not use NetworkManager together with SCPM when SCPM profiles also change network settings. If you want to use SCPM and NetworkManager at the same time, disable the network resource in SCPM configuration.

NetworkManager is not a suitable solution in the following cases:

You want to use more than one provider for dial-up for one interface.
Your computer is a router for your network.
Your computer provides network services for other computers in your network, for example, it is a DHCP or DNS server.

	NetworkManager and Network Devices Configured with YaST
If you switch your system from traditional configuration with YaST to NetworkManager controlled, NetworkManager adopts configurations from YaST.

21.5.1. For More Information

Detailed information about managing network connections with NetworkManager can be found in the Chapter Managing Network Connections with NetworkManager (↑Start-Up). More information about NetworkManager and D-BUS can be found on the following Web sites and directories:

http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/—NetworkManager project page
http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus—D-BUS project page
/usr/share/doc/packages/NetworkManager