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  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="tech" group="network-manager"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">

      <name>Federico Mena Quintero</name>

      <email its:translate="no">federico@gnome.org</email>

      <years>2013</years>

    </credit>

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    <desc>Manage network connections and monitor online/offline status</desc>

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<title>NetworkManager</title>

    NetworkManager manages a computer's network connections.  It takes care of

    DHCP negotiation to get an IP address for the computer when its networking

    is first activated.  It lets users select between different wired and

    wireless networks, configure Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), and connect to

    the network with modems.

    NetworkManager provides an extensive API that lets applications control

    network connections.  However, this is mostly only of interest to the

    software that implements the core desktop itself.  Regular applications can

    use NetworkManager's API to monitor the online/offline state of the

    computer, and perform other high-level tasks related to the network.

    The core desktop shell in GNOME has a prominent NetworkManager icon;

    internally it uses the NetworkManager API to change network settings based

    on the user's choices.  Applications such as Evolution, which

    need to know about the online/offline status of the computer, use

    NetworkManager as well.

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    <item>
<link href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager">NetworkManager home page</link>
</item>

    <item>
<link href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager/Developers">NetworkManager API reference</link>
</item>

  </list>

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