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30.5 Managing Network Connections
NetworkManager is the ideal solution for a mobile workstation. With NetworkManager,
you do not need to worry about reconfiguring network interfaces and switching between
networks when your location changes. NetworkManager can automatically connect to
known WLAN networks. If you have two or more connection possibilities, it can connect
to the faster one.
NetworkManager is not a suitable solution in the following cases:
• You want to use more than one provider for dial-up for one interface.
• Your computer is a router for your network.
• Your computer provides network services for other computers in your network, for
example, it is a DHCP or DNS server.
• Your computer is a Xen server or your system is a virtual system inside Xen.
• You want to use SCPM for network configuration management. To use SCPM and
NetworkManager at the same time, SCPM cannot control network resources. .
• You want to use more than one active network connection simultaneously.
To enable or disable NetworkManager during the installation, click Enable Network-
Manager or Disable NetworkManager in Network Mode of Network Configuration. To
enable or disable NetworkManager on an installed system, follow these steps:
1 Open YaST.
2 Choose Network Devices > Network Card.
3 On the first screen, set the Network Setup Method option to User Controlled with
After choosing the method, set up your network card using automatic configuration via
DHCP or a static IP address or configure your modem. Find a detailed description of
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NetworkManager to use NetworkManager. To disable NetworkManager, set the
Network Setup Method option to Traditional Method with ifup.
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