Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 235

If you use the static address, the name servers and default gateway are not configured
automatically. To configure name servers, proceed as described in
Hostname and DNS" (page 225). To configure a gateway, proceed as described in
"Configuring Routing"
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 Overview tab of the YaST
network card configuration module and click Edit.
2 In the Address > Additional Addresses tab, click Add.
3 Enter Alias Name, IP Address, and Netmask. Do not include the interface name
in the alias name.
4 Click OK.
5 Click Next.
6 To activate the configuration, click OK.
Changing the Device Name and Udev Rules
It is possible to change the device name of the network card when it is used. It is also
possible to determine whether the network card should be identified by udev via its
hardware (MAC) address or via the bus ID. The later option is preferable in large servers
to ease hot swapping of cards. To set these options with YaST, proceed as follows:
1 Select a card from the list of detected cards in the Overview tab of the YaST
Network Settings module and click Edit.
2 Go to the Hardware tab. The current device name is shown in Udev Rules. Click
Change.
3 Select whether udev should identify the card by its MAC Address or Bus ID. The
current MAC address and bus ID of the card are shown in the dialog.
(page 227).
Section "Configuring
Section
Basic Networking 221