Introduction

On several Linux distributions, the NetworkManager daemon provides user-configurable control of network connections. In KDE, the KNetworkManager (KDE3) and Network Management (KDE4) are the main user interfaces to NetworkManager.

Reporting Bugs

To report a useful bug against Network Management, provide the following items of information:

Your distro version
The version of the Network Management applet (NetworkManager-kde4.rpm on openSUSE, plasma-applet-networkmanager on kubuntu)
The version of the NetworkManager package
Your network hardware (use lshal to find this out)
A system log from NetworkManager during the connection attempt
- for openSUSE: /var/log/NetworkManager
- for kubuntu: /var/log/syslog
- for fedora: /var/log/messages

For wireless networks:
- Is it using a hidden SSID?
- Wireless security type: WEP/WPA-PSK/WPA-EAP?
- Key length
- Key type (passphrase or hex for WEP)
- Ciphers (TKIP/AES)
- Auth mechanisms (TLS/TTLS/PEAP/...)

For mobile broadband:
- hardware
- driver in use (see dmesg when you connect the hardware)
- network in use
- network type (GSM/CDMA/UMTS)
- apn used, if any.