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For further conguration, proceed with Section 24.5.2, “Conguration for Access
Points” (page 437) or Section 24.5.3, “Establishing an Ad-Hoc Network” (page 441).
Otherwise conrm your changes with OK to write the network conguration.
24.5.2 Conguration for Access Points
In this section, learn how to congure your WLAN card to connect to an (external)
access point or how to use your WLAN card as access point if your WLAN card supports
this. For conguration of networks without an access point, refer to Section 24.5.3,
“Establishing an Ad-Hoc Network” (page 441).
Procedure 24.1:
Conguring Your WLAN Card for Using an Access Point
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Start YaST and open the Network Settings dialog.
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Switch to the Overview tab where all network cards are listed that have been detected
by the system. If you need more information about general network conguration,
refer to Section 13.4, “Conguring a Network Connection with YaST” (page 241).
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Choose your wireless card from the list and click Edit to open the Network Card
Setup dialog.
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On the Address tab, congure whether to use a dynamic or a static IP address for
the machine. Usually Dynamic Address with DHCP is ne.
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Click Next to proceed to the Wireless Network Card Conguration dialog.
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To use your WLAN card to connect to an access point, set the Operating Mode to
Managed.
If however you want to use your WLAN card as access point, set the Operating
Mode to Master. Note that not all WLAN cards support this mode.
NOTE: Using WPA-PSK or WPA-EAP
If you want to use WPA-PSK or WPA-EAP authentication modes, the operating
mode must be set to Managed.
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