Available Stable interface release to simplify network settings – NetworkManager 1.36.0 . Plugins To support VPN, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN and OpenSWAN develop within the framework of their own development cycles.
-bottomed innovations NetworkManager 1.36:
- IP address configuration code is significantly reworked, but the changes affect mainly internal handlers. For users, everything should work as before, not counting a small increase in productivity, reduce memory consumption and improve the processing of settings from multiple sources (DHCP, manual settings and VPN). For example, manually added settings are no longer stated even after receiving parameters for the same address via DHCP. For developers, change will simplify support and expansion of the code.
- Ignoring routes for protocols not supported in NetworkManager, which will solve problems with performance with a large number of records in the routing table associated, for example, with the work of BGP.
- Added support for new route types: Blackhole, Unreachable and Prohibit. Improved IPv6 Multipath Route Processing.
- stopped support for the “configure-and-quit” mode, which allowed the NetworkManager to complete immediately after setting up the network without leaving the background process.
- updated DHCP client code and DHCPV6 based on SystemD.
- Added support for modem 5G NR (New Radio).
- is given the ability to select a Backend Wi-Fi (WPA_SUPPLICANT or IWD) at the assembly stage.
- Wi-Fi P2P mode is provided with IWD backend, and not just with WPA_SUPPLICANT.
- Added experimental support for the launch of NetworkManager without root privileges.
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