Quick Start Guide

5 After choosing the method for managing network connections, set up your
network card using automatic conguration via DHCP or a static IP address
or congure your modem (for dial-up connections, use Network Devices >
Modem). To congure an internal or USB ISDN modem, select Network Devices
> ISDN. To congure an internal or USB DSL modem, select Network Devices
> DSL.
Find a detailed description of the network conguration with YaST in Sec-
tion “Conguring a Network Connection with YaST” (Chapter 21, Basic Net-
working, ↑Reference) and Chapter 32, Wireless LAN (↑Reference).
After having enabled NetworkManager, congure your network connections with the
NetworkManager as described in Section 5.3, “Conguring Network Connections”
(page 56).
If you want to deactivate NetworkManager and control network the traditional way,
choose the Traditional Method with ifup option in the Network Setup Method eld.
5.3 Conguring Network Connections
After having enabled NetworkManager in YaST, congure your network connections
with the NetworkManager front-ends available in KDE and GNOME. The network
conguration dialogs for both front-ends are very similar. They show tabs for all types
of network connections, such as wired, wireless, mobile broadband, DSL, and VPN
connections. On each tab, you can add, edit or delete connections of that type. In
the KDE conguration dialog, the appropriate tabs are only active if the connection
type is available on your system (depending on hardware and software). By default,
KNetworkManager also displays comprehensive tooltips for the input elds and options
available on each tab.
To open the network conguration dialog in GNOME, press [Alt] + [F2] and enter
nm-connection-editor or in the GNOME Control Center select System > Network
Connections.
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