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<chapter id="networkmanager" status="review">
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<title>NetworkManager</title>
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<para>Ubuntu now uses NetworkManager to manage network connections. NetworkManager attempts
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to make the process of connecting invisible, whilst allowing finer manual control where necessary.</para>
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<para>Many security protocols are supported: WEP, WPA/WPA2, WPA-Enerprise/WPA2-Enerprise, 802.1x, VPN</para>
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<para>NetworkManager also keeps passwords secure by utilising the user's keyring to store passphrases.</para>
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<para>Network Manager is the little icon in the system notification area in the top right of your screen.
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It looks like two over-lapping computer screens or four blue or grey stepped bars (when connected wirelessly).</para>
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<listitem><para><guibutton>Left click</guibutton> for automatic functions, such as connecting to a network.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><guibutton>Right click</guibutton> for manual control and to disable or enable connections.</para></listitem>