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These settings are often used to connect to Wi-Fi or Ethernet networks, but provides also a lot more features, like creating Wi-Fi hotspot, setup a mobile broadband connection (if hardware is compatible) and connect to different VPN services.  
These settings are often used to connect to Wi-Fi or Ethernet networks, but provides also a lot more features, like creating Wi-Fi hotspot, setup a mobile broadband connection (if hardware is compatible) and connect to different VPN services.  
Since Plasma 5.15, Plasma support [https://www.wireguard.com/ Wireguard VPN] tunnels, when the appropriate Network Manager plugin is installed.<ref>[https://dot.kde.org/2019/01/17/plasma-515-beta#network Plasma 5.15 Beta announcement]</ref>


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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetworkManager NetworkManager (Wikipedia)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetworkManager NetworkManager (Wikipedia)]
* [https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager NetworkManager (Official website)]
* [https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager NetworkManager (Official website)]
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Latest revision as of 21:20, 6 March 2019

These settings are often used to connect to Wi-Fi or Ethernet networks, but provides also a lot more features, like creating Wi-Fi hotspot, setup a mobile broadband connection (if hardware is compatible) and connect to different VPN services.

Since Plasma 5.15, Plasma support Wireguard VPN tunnels, when the appropriate Network Manager plugin is installed.[1]

This KCM use NetworkManager as backend, a tool developed by RedHat.

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