Wireless Networks; Using Networkmanager With Vpn - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - KDE 08-05-2008 Manual

13.1.1 Wireless Networks

The signal strength of wireless networks is shown in the menu. Encrypted wireless
networks are marked with a lock icon. To connect to an encrypted network, choose it
from the menu. In the dialog that opens, choose the type of Encryption the network
uses and enter the appropriate Passphrase or Key.
TIP: Hidden Networks
To connect to a network that does not broadcast its ESSID (Service Set Identi-
fier) and therefore cannot be detected automatically, choose Connect to Other
Wireless Network. In the dialog that opens, enter the ESSID and set encryption
parameters if necessary.
To see all trusted and untrusted networks, click Options > Show Networks.
13.1.2 Dial-Up Connections
To access dial-up connections, choose Dial-Up Connections. When dial-up connections
have already been defined, start the connection by clicking the connection to use.
Configure Dial-Up Connections opens YaST, where you can define a new dial-up
connection. See Section "Modem" (Chapter 30, Basic Networking, ↑Deployment Guide)
for details.

13.1.3 Using NetworkManager with VPN

NetworkManager supports several VPN technologies. To use them, first install Network-
Manager support for your VPN technology. You can select from:
• NovellVPN
• OpenVPN
• vpnc (Cisco)
VPN support is included in the packages NetworkManager-novellvpn,
NetworkManager-openvpn, and NetworkManager-vpnc.
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