Bug#475022: ITP: connman - Linux Connection Manager
Package: wnpp
Version: N/A; reported 2008-04-08
Severity: wishlist
Package name : connman
Upstream Author : Intel Corporation
License : GPL
Homepage : http://www.moblin.org/projects/projects_connman.php
Description :
The Linux Connection Manager project provides a daemon for managing
Internet connections within embedded devices running the Linux
operating system. The Connection Manager is designed to be slim and to
use as few resources as possible, so it can be easily integrated in
other Moblin-based embedded systems. It is fully modular system that
can be extended through plug-ins, to support all kinds of wired or
wireless technologies. Also, configuration methods like DHCP and
domain name resolving are implemented using plug-ins. The plug-in
approach allows for easy adaption and modification for various use cases.
The project currently contains the following components:
* connman The core Connection Manager daemon (connmand) and
plug-ins for Ethernet, WiFi, DHCP, and resolvconf.
* connman-gnome The GTK+-based user interfaces for an applet and a
properties dialog.
Connection Manager uses modern infrastructure like D-Bus, HAL, and
netlink to provide a native integration into the operating
system. While HAL and netlink are used on the system level to
communicate with networking devices, the whole separation between
system daemon and user interface is done through D-Bus.
At the moment the following extra components or applications are required:
* wpa_supplicant (with D-Bus extensions) for WiFi access
* dhclient for the DHCP plug-in
* resolvconf for the domain name resolver plug-in
* libgdbus for D-Bus and GLib integration (provided by the project
itself)
- Alexander
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