Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 241

STATIC_FALLBACK
The static settings are used only when no dynamic configuration is avalaible.
For more information, see the man 8 netconfig.
4 Enter the Name Servers and fill in the Domain Search list. Name servers must
be specified by IP addresses, such as 192.168.1.116, not by hostnames. Names
specified in the Domain Search tab are domain names used for resolving host-
names without a specified domain. If more than one Domain Search is used,
separate domains with commas or white space.
5 To activate the configuration, click OK.
Configuring Routing
To make your machine communicate with other machines and other networks, routing
information must be given to make network traffic take the correct path. If DHCP is
used, this information is automatically provided. If a static setup is used, this data must
be added manually.
1 In YaST go to Network Settings > Routing.
2 Enter the IP address of the Default Gateway. The default gateway matches every
possible destination, but if any other entry exists that matches the required address,
use this instead of the default route.
3 More entries can be entered in the Routing Table. Enter the Destination network
IP address, Gateway IP address and the Netmask. Select the Device through which
the traffic to the defined network will be routed (the minus sign stands for any
device). To omit any of these values, use the minus sign -. To enter a default
gateway into the table, use default in the Destination field.
NOTE
If more default routes are used, it is possible to specify the metric option
to determine which route has a higher priority. To specify the metric
option, enter - metric number in Options. The route with the highest
metric is used as default. If the network device is disconnected, its route
will be removed and the next one will be used. However, the current
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