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== installation ==
NetworkManager is the defacto network connection system for many linux distributions.  NetworkManager supports mobile phone, wireless, and wired connections.  NetworkManager is intended to make configuring, and connecting easy.
<console>###i## emerge networkmanager
 
=== installation ===
{{note|disable wicd, wpa_supplicant, net.ethX, & net.wlanX prior to starting network manager.}}
 
{{console|body=###i## emerge networkmanager
###i## rc-update add NetworkManager
###i## rc-update add NetworkManager
###i## rc
###i## rc
</console>
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{{note|disable wicd, wpa_supplicant, net.ethX, & net.wlanX}}


=== configuration ===
==== console ====
{{note|as of right now 17:52, April 12, 2015 (UTC) nmtui's not suitable for wifi configurations because it will not save pass phrases}}
{{console|body=###i## nmtui}}


== configuration ==
==== gui ====
=== console ===
===== gtk =====
<console>###i## nmtui</console>
{{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}}


=== gui ===
===== kde =====
==== gtk ====
{{console|body=###i## emerge networkmanagement}}
<console>###i## emerge nm-applet</console>


==== kde ====
<console>###i## emerge networkmanagement</console>
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NetworkManager is the defacto 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

   Note

disable wicd, wpa_supplicant, net.ethX, & net.wlanX prior to starting network manager.

root # emerge networkmanager
root # rc-update add NetworkManager
root # rc

configuration

console

   Note

as of right now 17:52, April 12, 2015 (UTC) nmtui's not suitable for wifi configurations because it will not save pass phrases

root # nmtui

gui

gtk
   Note

sessions for users may need ck-launch-session in .xinitrc to use nm-applet, or have sessions launched from a display manager.

root # emerge nm-applet
kde
root # emerge networkmanagement