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Figure 1.17: Configuring the Network Devices
1.8.3 Testing the Internet Connection
If you have configured an Internet connection, you can test it now. For this
purpose, YaST establishes a connection to the SUSE server and checks if
any product updates are available for your version of SUSE LINUX. If there
are such updates, they can be included in the installation. Also, the latest
release notes are downloaded. You can read them at the end of the installa-
tion.
If you do not want to test the connection at this point, select ‘Skip Test’ then
‘Next’. This also skips downloading product updates and release notes.
1.8.4 Loading Software Updates
If YaST was able to connect to the SUSE servers, select whether to perform
a YaST online update. If there are any patched packages available on the
servers, download and install them now to fix known bugs or security is-
sues.
To perform a software update immediately, select ‘Perform Update Now’
and click ‘OK’. This opens YaST’s online update dialog with a list of the
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