Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 630

DHCP is a good choice for client configuration but it is not ideal for server configuration.
To set a static IP address, proceed as follows:
1 Select a card from the list of detected cards in the YaST network card configura-
2 In the Address tab, choose Static Address Setup.
3 Enter IP Address and Subnet Mask.
4 Click Next.
5 To activate the configuration, click Finish.
If you use the static address, name servers and a default gateway are not configured
automatically. To configure a gateway, click Routing and add the default gateway. To
configure name servers, click Hostname and Name Server and add addresses of name
servers and domains.
Configuring Aliases
One network device can have multiple IP addresses, called aliases. To set an alias for
your network card, proceed as follows:
1 Select a card from the list of detected cards in the YaST network card configura-
2 In the Address tab, choose Advanced > Additional Addresses.
3 Click Add.
4 Enter Alias Name, IP Address, and Netmask.
5 Click OK.
6 Click OK again.
7 Click Next.
8 To activate the configuration, click Finish.
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