To establish an Ethernet connection, you need a network
interface card (NIC), a network cable (usually a CAT5 cable), and a
network to connect to. Different networks are configured to use
different network speeds; make sure your NIC is compatible with the
network to which you want to connect.
To add an Ethernet connection, follow these steps:
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Click the Devices tab.
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Click the New button on the
toolbar.
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Select Ethernet connection from the
Device Type list, and click Forward.
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If you have already added the network interface card to the
hardware list, select it from the Ethernet
card list. Otherwise, select Other Ethernet
Card to add the hardware device.
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The installation program detects supported Ethernet devices and
prompts you to configure them. If you configured any Ethernet
devices during the installation, they are displayed in the hardware
list on the Hardware tab.
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If you selected Other Ethernet Card, the
Select Ethernet Adapter window appears.
Select the manufacturer and model of the Ethernet card. Select the
device name. If this is the system's first Ethernet card, select
eth0 as the device name; if this is the
second Ethernet card, select eth1 (and so
on). The Network Administration Tool
also allows you to configure the resources for the NIC. Click
Forward to continue.
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In the Configure Network Settings window
as shown in Figure
18-2, choose between DHCP and a static IP address. If the
device receives a different IP address each time the network is
started, do not specify a hostname. Click Forward to continue.
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Click Apply on the Create Ethernet Device page.
After configuring the Ethernet device, it appears in the device
list as shown in Figure
18-3.
Be sure to select => to save the changes.
After adding the Ethernet device, you can edit its configuration
by selecting the device from the device list and clicking Edit. For example, when the device is added, it is
configured to start at boot time by default. To change this
setting, select to edit the device, modify the Activate device when computer starts value, and save
the changes.
When the device is added, it is not activated immediately, as
seen by its Inactive status. To activate
the device, select it from the device list, and click the Activate button. If the system is configured to
activate the device when the computer starts (the default), this
step does not have to be performed again.
If you associate more than one device with an Ethernet card, the
subsequent devices are device aliases. A
device alias allows you to setup multiple virtual devices for one
physical device, thus giving the one physical device more than one
IP address. For example, you can configure an eth1 device and an
eth1:1 device. For details, refer to Section 18.11 Device
Aliases.
