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netcfg {version}
----------------

About
~~~~~
netcfg is profile based network connection tool. It can connect to a
variety of connections (including wired, wireless and PPP) and is easily
extended to support other connection types.


Features
~~~~~~~~

*  Easy configuration
*  Wireless, wired and ppp connections
*  Wireless roaming and automatic connection (using wpa_actiond/wpa_supplicant)
*  Radio kill switch (rfkill) awareness
*  pm-utils suspend/resume support
*  Execution of commands before/after up/down
*  Wired link detection (using ifplugd)
*  Modern iproute and wpa_supplicant based connectivity


Optional dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*  wpa_supplicant: for wireless networking
*  wpa_actiond: Wireless Roaming/autoconnect
*  ifplugd: Wired link detection
*  dialog: Menu support
*  bridge-utils: To set up bridge connections


Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*  http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg[Arch Linux Wiki page]
*  link:features.html[Feature documentation]
*  link:netcfg.8.html[netcfg man page]
*  link:netcfg-profiles.5.html[netcfg-profiles man page]


Contact
~~~~~~~

To report bugs or issues with netcfg, please use the
http://bugs.archlinux.org[Arch Linux Bug Tracker]

To seek help using netcfg, please post on the
http://bbs.archlinux.org[Arch Linux Forums]


Copyright
~~~~~~~~~
netcfg is Copyright (C) 2011-2012, Netcfg Development Team
and Copyright (C) 2007-2010 James Rayner <james@archlinux.org>
and is licensed through the Modified BSD License.