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Configuring SUSE Linux 10 network access 18 Sep 2006 | Wiley Publishing Digg This!     StumbleUpon     Del.icio.us    If any network interface cards have been detected in the system, you will be asked to configure them for network access (see Figure 1-22). By default, YaST sets the first Ethernet card it finds as your system's primary Ethernet interface and assigns it an address that is configured via the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). You can find discussions about DHCP servers in Chapter 20. Figure 21 Figure 22 For most people using SUSE Linux 10 in a business environment, a DHCP server may already be running, and an address, domain name system (DNS) server list, and router configuration will already be available. Home users and users setting up a server system will find it necessary to configure these details manually. Home users with simple broadband or dial-up connections often automatically receive this information from their Internet service providers (ISPs) and therefore may not need to change these settings. To change the configuration of the network card, click "Network Interfaces" and select the network card in question (if you have multiple network cards), and click the Edit button. A screen similar to the one shown in Figure 1-23 appears. In this example configuration, we set the IP address of the network card to 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0, with a router/gateway of 192.168.0.8 and a DNS server of 192.168.0.254. If you are unfamiliar with these terms at this stage, see Chapter 6 for additional information. To change the configuration of the network card from automatic to manual, select Static address setup. This enables you to edit the IP and subnet mask fields. As you can see in Figure 1-23, we have set the IP address/netmask to that of the configuration we talked about in the preceding paragraph. Figure 23 Running your SUSE 10 installation  Home: Introduction  Step 1: Configuring your root password  Step 2: Configuring your network access  Step 3: Setting up your host and DNS addresses  Step 4: Configuring the default gateway  Step 5: Testing your connection and online updates  Step 6: Configuring your modem  Step 7: ISDN and ADSL connections  Step 8: Adding a new user  Step 9: SuSEconfig  Step 10: Reviewing the release notes  Step 11: Configuring your hardware  Step 12: Graphics and sound card configuration

The above tip is excerpted from from Chapter 1, "Installing SUSE 10" our original excerpt of The SUSE Linux 10 Bible by Justin Davies, courtesy of Wiley Publishing. This chapter explains how to successfully install SUSE 10 on your box. Find it helpful? Buy it on Amazon.

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