NetworkManager and VPN

NetworkManager supports several Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies. For each technology, openSUSE comes with a base package providing the generic support for NetworkManager. In addition to that, you also need to install the respective desktop-specific package for your applet.

NovellVPN

To use this VPN technology, install NetworkManager-novellvpn and NetworkManager-novellvpn-gnome.

NovellVPN support for KDE is not available yet, but is currently being worked on.

OpenVPN

To use this VPN technology, install NetworkManager-openvpn and NetworkManager-openvpn-kde4 or NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome.

vpnc (Cisco)

To use this VPN technology, install NetworkManager-vpnc and NetworkManager-vpnc-kde4 or NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome.

PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)

To use this VPN technology, install NetworkManager-pptp and NetworkManager-pptp-kde4 or NetworkManager-pptp-gnome.

After you have installed the packages, configure your VPN connection as described in Section 5.3, “Configuring Network Connections”.