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{{PageNeedsUpdates}} NetworkManager is the de-facto network connection system for many Linux distributions. NetworkManager supports mobile phone, wireless, and wired connections. NetworkManager is intended to make configuring, and connecting easy. === Installation === {{important|disable wicd, wpa_supplicant, net.ethX, & net.wlanX and dhcpcd prior to starting network manager.}} To install, emerge networkmanager and add it to the default runlevel: {{console|body=###i## emerge networkmanager ###i## rc-update add NetworkManager default ###i## rc }} To list visible access points: {{console|body=###i## nmcli dev wifi list * SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY derp1 Infra 6 54 Mbit/s 30 ▂___ WPA2 derp2 Infra 7 54 Mbit/s 29 ▂___ WPA2 derp3 Infra 1 54 Mbit/s 27 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2 * connectedap Infra 1 54 Mbit/s 52 ▂▄__ WPA1 WPA2 }} It is also possible to add WiFi access point login information from the command-line: {{console|body= # ##i##nmtui }} {{c|nmtui}} has a very nice console-based interface. Network configuration entries are stored in {{f|/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections}} so that it will be remembered in the future. {{Note|The following command will not work as long as you are in an install chroot environment. The reason for this is that {{c|nmtui}} will need to be booted into your new Funtoo Linux environment. So run this command after you have rebooted into Funtoo Linux.}} Any users besides root will need to be added to the plugdev group to modify connections: {{console|body=###i## gpasswd -a $USER plugdev}} {{note|If you're experiencing troubles, losing connection after a 45-second timeout with NetworkManager and dhcpcd, switch the dhcp backend to dhclient (net-misc/dhcp).}} === Gtk === {{note|Sessions for users may need ck-launch-session in .xinitrc to use nm-applet, or have sessions launched from a display manager.}} {{console|body=###i## emerge nm-applet}} === Kde === {{console|body=###i## emerge plasma-nm}} === MAC spoofing === NetworkManager supports spoofing MAC addresses out of the box. Supply an arbitrary MAC address to the cloned address field.

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