After a few weeks of development the new version was launched stable interface to simplify the configuration of network parameters, Network Manager 1.34.
This new released version of NetworkManager 1.34 stands out for the addition of the new service nm-priv-helper, as well as that the nmtui console interface implements the ability to add and edit profiles, the ability to configure DNS over TLS, support for the peer_notif_delay option, among other new features.
For those who are unfamiliar with NetworkManager should know that this is a software utility for simplify the use of networks of computers on linux and other Unix-based operating systems. This utility takes an opportunistic approach to network selection, trying to use the best available connection when outages occur, or when the user moves between wireless networks.
You prefer Ethernet connections over "known" wireless networks. The user is prompted for WEP or WPA keys, as required.
NetworkManager has two components:
- A service that manages connections and reports of changes in the network.
- A graphical desktop application that allows the user to manipulate network connections. The nmcli applet provides similar functionality on the command line.
On the other hand, plug-ins to support VPN, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN, and OpenSWAN are developed as part of their own development cycles.
Main new features of NetworkManager 1.34
In this newly released version of NetworkManager 1.34 was implemented a new service nm-priv-helper, designed to orchestrate the execution of operations that require elevated privileges. Currently in this version the use of this service is limited, so the developers mention that in the future it is planned to remove extended privileges from the main NetworkManager process and use nm-priv-helper to perform privileged operations.
Also in NetworkManager 1.34 of it the nmtui console interface implement the ability to add and edit profiles to establish connections through VPN Wireguard.
Another novelty that stands out in this new version of NetworkManager 1.34 is that the ability to configure DNS over TLS (DoT) based on the system resolved and that nmcli implements the "nmcli device up|down" command similar to "nmcli device connect|disconnect".
Furthermore, it is mentioned that for bonded connections, new support for the peer_notif_delay option was added, as well as the ability to set the queue_id option to select the TX queue ID for each port.
The generator initrd implements the setting "ip=dhcp,dhcp6" for auto-configuration over DHCPv4 and IPv6 simultaneously, and also provides parsing of the rd.ethtool=INTERFACE:AUTONEG:SPEED kernel parameter to configure auto-negotiation of parameters and select interface speed.
It is also noted that the deprecated slave properties on D-Bus interfaces, instead of using the Ports property on the org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device interface.
Finally, if you are interested in knowing more about it about this new release of Networkmanager you can check the details from the link below.
How to get NetworkManager 1.34?
For those who are interested in being able to obtain this new version you should know that at the moment there are no packages built for Ubuntu or derivatives. So if you want to get this version they must build from their source code.
Although it is a matter of a few days for it to be incorporated into the official Ubuntu repositories for its prompt update.
So if you want, is to wait for the new update to be made available within the official Ubuntu channels, you can check if the update is already available in this link.
As soon as that happens, you can update your list of packages and repos on your system with the help of the following command:
sudo apt update
And to install the new version of NetworkManager 1.32 on your system, just run any of the following commands.
Update and install all available packages
sudo apt upgrade -y
Update and install only networkmanager:
sudo apt install network-manager -y
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