NetworkManager Applet

The NetworkManager Applet project is used as a network connection manager for most RPM and Debian-based distros.

NetworkManager Applet supports Ethernet, WiFi and VPN connections.

System requirements

• GTK+
• NetworkManager

What is new in this release:

• Fix various issues that causes GtkApplication to quit at the wrong time.
• Read the Mobile Providers database from a build-time determined location.
• Modernize Gtk+ 3.0 use in preparations for Gtk+ 4.0.
• Update Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, German translation.

What is new in version 1.8.12:

• Allow creation of PPPeE connection without a parent interface.
• Add an option to set a connection as Metered.
• Make the form layout consistent with GNOME UI style.
• Convert editor into a GtkApplication with an app menu.
• Fix a potential crash in the certificate picker with no modules.
• Fix build warnings with GCC 8.
• Support building against Ayatana AppIndicator.
• Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, French, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Spanish translations.

What is new in version :

• Don't request secrets for Bluetooth connections. Works around a bug in GNOME Shell secret agent.
• Fix a bug that caused invalid connections to be non-editable (and thus not fixable).

What is new in version 1.8.6:

• Added an option to build with Meson build system.
• Fixed a possible crash after editing Wi-Fi connections.
• Updated Danish, Dutch and German translations.

What is new in version 1.8.4:

• nm-c-e: Major rework of the nm-connection-editor UI.
• nm-c-e: Add support for MACsec.
• nm-c-e: Add support for new PPPoE connections not limited to ethernet.
• nm-c-e: Add support for bridge's group-forward-mask property.
• applet: Fix nm-applet's status icon when a VPN has the default route.
• applet: Always center dialogs on the screen.
• libnma: Fix handling empty password for certificate chooser.
• po: Updated Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Galician, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Lithuanian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish translations.
• Various bugfixes and minor improvements.

What is new in version 1.8.2:

• It is now possible to secure the connections that use TLS, TTLS and PEAP authentications by specifying a Domain name to verify the remote certificate subject against.
• The TTLS and PEAP EAP methods now utilize the certificate chooser that is capable of choosing an object from a PKCS#11 token.
• When activating a VPN connection, the routes to the VPN server are now added whichever device has a default route regardless of its kind.
• The applet now lists the Wi-Fi network connection profiles even if they are enslaved to another connection.
• Fixed a crash after editing a connection with 802.1x security setting.
• Updated Italian, Spanish and Japanese translations.

What is new in version 1.7.1:

• Warn editor users if certificates have wrong SELinux labels
• Added a PKCS#11 capable certificate chooser to EAP-TLS
• Prevent the use from opening a file open dialog if they don't have permission to edit connections (e.g. in the login manager session) (CVE-2017-6590)

What is new in version 1.4.4:

• Added the capability to start inport of a VPN connection from the command line with "nm-connection-editor --import" option
• Allow editing of Ethernet link properties, such as link speed or duplex setting
• Added support for creating and editing IP tunnel connections
• Added support for editing Proxy setting whe built with NetworkManager 1.6 or newer
• Added support for TTLS/MSCHAPV2 method
• Improved the cloned MAC address selection
• Lot of bug fixes
• Translation updates

What is new in version 1.4.2:

• Removed UI property that required gtk3 >= 3.16
• Added a workaround for broken strict matching with old Jansson versions

What is new in version 1.4.0:

• Updated Slovak, Hungarian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian, Czech, German and Polish translations.
• Improved error reporting in the wireless security page.
• Fixed some crashes.

What is new in version 1.2.4:

• Updated Slovak, Hungarian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian, Czech, German and Polish translations.
• Improved error reporting in the wireless security page.
• Fixed some crashes.

What is new in version 1.2.2:

• nm-applet is now started under GNOME 3 again (but never acts as a "secret agent" under GNOME Shell). This fixes the lack of password dialogs in some GNOME-3-based sessions (#709410), and fixes the lack of a mobile broadband PIN unlock dialog under GNOME Shell.
• Updated translations
• Fixed a warning when closing the VPN import/export dialogs
• Made nm-applet use g_debug(); set G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=nm-applet to see logging now

What is new in version 0.9.8.2:

• Updated translations
• Conversion from gnome-keyring to libsecret; libsecret is now required to build
• Editor no longer overwrites master interface name with the master UUID
• Fix crashes when using ModemManager 0.7/0.8
• Fix allowed values for VLAN ID and MTU in the editor
• Preserve existing PPP LCP echo failure and interval values
• Ensure Bridge STP checkbox values are saved
• Hide BSSID for Wi-Fi Ad-Hoc connections (it's autocreated by the kernel)
• Ensure IPv6 next-hop/gateway values are sane
• Fix problems with the MAC address combo box on various pages
• Only request secrets from the user when allowed to
• Fix running with GTK+ 2.x
• Fix signal icons to work with newer libpng
• Don't show Wi-Fi Security combo when not required
• Improve applet icon size handling
• Show more helpful errors when VPN plugins are not installed

What is new in version 0.8.5.91:

• Fix crashes with Bluetooth DUN setup
• Improve usability of entering IP addresses and routes
• Validate IP addresses and routes on-the-fly
• Allow "_" as a valid character for GSM APNs
• Ensure Enter/Return activate the default button in dialogs
• Show (optional) notifications on GSM and CDMA registration state changes

What is new in version 0.8.4:

• Don't show access points named "Free Public Wifi"
• Fixes for converting 802.1x certificate-based connections
• Fix an issue causing editor pages to be insensitive

What is new in version 0.8.3.995:

• Many updated translations
• Conversion to GtkBuilder; glade is no longer a build requirement
• Fixes for newer libnotify versions
• Allow MD5 as a wired 802.1x EAP method
• Show IPv6 information in Connection Information dialog
• Completely fix crashes due to missing icons
• Make VPN notifications respect user's "Enable Notifications" preference

What is new in version 0.8.2:

• Many updated translations
• Hide mobile broadband PIN code when it's entered
• Ensure Enable Wireless and Enable Networking always correctly sensitized
• Fix handling of slow mobile broadband devices when entering a PIN
• Startup performance improvements
• Easier keyboard navigation of the connection editor
• Show VPN connection notification even if VPN provides none
• Fix handling of VPN secrets when moving connections from system to user

Requirements:

• GTK+
• NetworkManager