Installation guide

82 Chapter 6. Network Conﬁguration

6.8. Establishing a Wireless Connection

Wireless Ethernet devices are becoming increasingly popular. The conﬁguration is similar

to the Ethernet conﬁguration except that it allows you to conﬁgure ESSID, mode, frequency,

channel, transmit rate, and key for your wireless device.

To add a wireless Ethernet connection, follow these steps:

1. Click the Devices tab.

2. Click the Add button.

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

4. If you have already added the wireless 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 wireless Ethernet devices and prompts you

to conﬁgure them. If you conﬁgured them during the installation program, 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 and the device. If this is the

ﬁrst Ethernet card for the system, select eth0, if this is the second Ethernet card for

the system, select eth1, and so on. The Network Administration Tool also allows the

user to conﬁgure the resources for the wireless network interface card. Click Next to

continue.

6. On the Conﬁgure Wireless Connection page as shown in Figure 6-12, conﬁgure the

ESSID, mode, frequency, channel, transmit rate, and key for your wireless device.

Figure 6-12. Wireless Settings

7. On the Conﬁgure Network Settings page, choose between DHCP and static IP ad-

dress. You may specify a hostname for the device. If the device receives a dynamic

IP address each time the network is started, do not specify a hostname. Click Next to

continue.

8. Click Finish on the Create Wireless Device page.