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For your machine to resolve an IP address, it must know about at least one name server
and its IP address. Easily specify such a name server with the help of YaST. If you have
a modem dial-up connection, you may not need to configure a name server manually
at all. The dial-up protocol provides the name server address as the connection is made.
The configuration of name server access with SUSE Linux Enterprise® is described in
Chapter 33, The Domain Name System
The protocol whois is closely related to DNS. With this program, quickly find out
who is responsible for any given domain.
30.4 Configuring a Network
There are many supported networking types on Linux. Most of them use different device
names and the configuration files are spread over several locations in the file system.
For a detailed overview of the aspects of manual network configuration, see
"Configuring a Network Connection Manually"
During installation, YaST can be used to configure automatically all interfaces that
have been detected. Additional hardware can be configured any time after installation
in the installed system. The following sections describe the network configuration for
all types of network connections supported by SUSE Linux Enterprise.
TIP: IBM System z: Hotpluggable Network Cards
On IBM System z platforms, hotpluggable network cards are supported, but
not their automatic network integration via DHCP (as is the case on the PC).
After detection, manually configure the interface.
30.4.1 Configuring the Network Card with
To configure your network wired or wireless card in YaST, select Network Devices >
Network Card. After starting the module, YaST displays a general network configuration
dialog. Choose whether to use YaST or NetworkManager to manage all your network
devices. If you want to configure your network in the traditional way with the YaST,
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(page 609).
(page 580).
Section 30.6,
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