Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 603

• 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
NetworkManager to use NetworkManager. To disable NetworkManager, set the
Network Setup Method option to Traditional Method with ifup.
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
the network configuration with YaST in Section 30.4, "Configuring a Network Connec-
tion with YaST" (page 565) and Section 29.1, "Wireless LAN" (page 533). Configure
supported wireless cards directly in NetworkManager.
To configure NetworkManager, use NetworkManager applets. KDE and GNOME each
have their own applets for NetworkManager. An appropriate applet should start auto-
matically with the desktop environment. The applet is then shown as an icon in the
system tray. The functions of the applets are similar, but their interfaces are a little
different. They can also be used in other graphical environments with standard system
tray support.
30.6.1 Differences between ifup and
NetworkManager
If you use NetworkManager for network setup, you can easily switch, stop, or start
your network connection at any time from within your desktop environment using an
applet. NetworkManager also makes it possible to change and configure wireless card
connections without requiring root privileges. For this reason, NetworkManager is
the ideal solution for a mobile workstation.
Basic Networking 585