a new stable release of the interface for simplifying network configuration settings — . to support VPN, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN, and OpenSWAN, developed within their own development cycles.
Key NetworkManager 1.18:
- source address policy routing, which became necessary after the previous release added support for WireGuard VPN (needed to simplify separate direct traffic forwarding to the VPN connection point);
- Added the ability to filter VLANs in network bridges;
- Added support for TLV structures (Link Layer Discovery Protocol), defined in IEEE 802.1 and IEEE 802.3 standards, for exchanging information about equipment parameters in the local network;
- In infiniband/IPoIB profiles, support for larger MTU values has been enabled;
- In the nmcli utility, the processing of option lists with connection parameters has been improved.
Source: opennet.ru
