Installation guide

74 Chapter 6. Network Conﬁguration

This chapter will discuss each of these steps for each type of network connection.

6.2. Establishing an Ethernet Connection

To establish an Ethernet connection, you need a network interface card (NIC), a network

cable (usually a CAT5 cable), and a network to connect to. There are different speeds to

networks; make sure your NIC is compatible with the network to which you want to connect.

To add an Ethernet connection, follow these steps:

1. Click the Devices tab.

2. Click the Add button.

3. Select Ethernet connection from the Device Type list, and click Next.

4. If you have already added the network interface card to the hardware list, select it

from the Ethernet card list. Otherwise, select Other Ethernet Card to add the hardware

device.

Note

The installation program usually detects supported Ethernet devices and prompts you to con-

ﬁgure them. If you conﬁgured any Ethernet devices during the installation, they will already

appear in the hardware list on the Hardware tab.

5. If you selected Other Ethernet Card, the Select Ethernet Adapter window appears.

Select the manufacturer and model of the Ethernet card. Select the device name. If this

is the system’s ﬁrst Ethernet card, select eth0 as the device name, if this is the second

Ethernet card, select eth1, and so on. The Network Administration Tool also allows

you to conﬁgure the resources for the NIC. Click Next to continue.

6. On the Conﬁgure Network Settings page as shown in Figure 6-1, choose between

DHCP and a static IP address. You may also specify a hostname for the device. If the

device receives a different IP address each time the network is started, do not specify a

hostname. Click Next to continue.

Figure 6-1. Ethernet Settings

7. Click Finish on the Create Ethernet Device page.