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>Chapter 2. Establishing an Ethernet Connection</H1
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>	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.
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>	To add an Ethernet connection, follow these steps:
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>Click the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Devices</B
> tab.</P
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>Click the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>New</B
> button on the
	  toolbar.</P
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>Select <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Ethernet connection</B
> from the
	    <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Device Type</B
> list, and click
	    <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Forward</B
>.</P
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>If you have already added the network interface card to
	    the hardware list, select it from the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Ethernet
	      card</B
> list. Otherwise, select <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Other Ethernet
	    Card</B
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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 <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Hardware</B
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>If you selected <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Other Ethernet Card</B
>, the
	    <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Select Ethernet Adapter</B
> 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
	    <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>eth0</B
> as the device name; if this is the second
	    Ethernet card, select <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>eth1</B
> (and so on). The
	    <B
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Network Administration Tool</B
> also allows
	    you to configure the resources for the NIC. Click
	    <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Forward</B
> to continue.
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>In the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Configure Network Settings</B
> window as
	    shown in <A
HREF="network-config-ethernet.html#NEAT-ETHERNET-SETTINGS-FIG"
>Figure 2-1</A
>, 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 <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Forward</B
> to continue.
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><P
>Click <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Apply</B
> on the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Create
	  Ethernet Device</B
> page.
	  </P
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><B
>Figure 2-1. Ethernet Settings</B
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>	After configuring the Ethernet device, it appears in the device list as
	shown in <A
HREF="network-config-ethernet.html#NEAT-ETHERNET-FIG"
>Figure 2-2</A
>.
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>Figure 2-2. Ethernet Device</B
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>	Be sure to select <B
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>File</B
> =&#62;
	<B
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>Save</B
> to save the changes.
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>	After adding the Ethernet device, you can edit its configuration by
	selecting the device from the device list and clicking
	<B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Edit</B
>. 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 <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Active device when
	computer starts</B
> value, and save the changes.
      </P
><P
>	When the device is added, it is not activated immediately, as seen by
	its <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Inactive</B
> status. To activate the device, select
	it from the device list, and click the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Activate</B
>
	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.
      </P
><P
>	If you associate more than one device with an Ethernet card, the
	subsequent devices are <I
CLASS="FIRSTTERM"
>device aliases</I
>.  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 <A
HREF="network-aliases.html"
>Chapter 13</A
>.
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