1 Managing Network Connections; Enabling Or Disabling Networkmanager - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - GNOME 08-05-2008 Manual

Managing Network
Connections
To surf the Internet or send and receive e-mail messages, you must have configured an
Internet connection with YaST. Depending on your environment, in YaST select whether
to use NetworkManager. In GNOME, you can then establish Internet connections with
NetworkManager or ifup.
For a list of criteria to help you decide whether to use NetworkManager, see Section
30.5: Managing Network Connections with NetworkManager and Section 25.1.2: Inte-
gration in Changing Operating Environments in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
Deployment Guide.
11.1 Enabling or Disabling
NetworkManager
1 In YaST, click Network Devices > Network Card.
2 To enable NetworkManager, select User Controlled with NetworkManager.
To disable NetworkManager, select Traditional Method with ifup.
3 Click Next.
4 Set up your network card using either automatic configuration via DHCP or a
static IP address. For more information about network configuration with YaST,
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