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>Chapter 1. Introduction</H1
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>      To communicate with other computers, computers need a network
      connection. This is accomplished by having the operating system recognize
      an interface card (such as Ethernet, ISDN modem, or token ring) and
      configuring the interface to connect to the network.
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>      The <B
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>Network Administration Tool</B
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      used to configure the following types of network interfaces:
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>Ethernet</P
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>ISDN</P
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>modem</P
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>xDSL</P
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>token ring</P
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>CIPE</P
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>wireless devices</P
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>      To use the <B
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Network Administration Tool</B
>, you must have root
      privileges.  To start the application, go to the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main Menu
      Button</B
> (on the Panel) =&#62; <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>System Settings</B
> =&#62;
      <B
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>Network</B
>, or type the command
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>system-config-network</TT
> at a shell prompt (for example,
      in an <B
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>GNOME
      terminal</B
>). If you type the command, the graphical version is
      displayed if X is running, otherwise, the text-based version is
      displayed. To force the text-based version to run, use the
      <TT
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>system-config-network-tui</TT
> command.
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>      If you prefer modifying the configuration files directly, refer to the
      <I
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>Red Hat Linux Reference Guide</I
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>Go to the Red Hat Hardware Compatibility List (<A
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>http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/</A
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	to determine if Red Hat Linux supports your hardware device.
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>	To configure a network connection with the
	<B
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>Network Administration Tool</B
>, perform the following steps:
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>Add the physical hardware device to the hardware list.</P
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>Add a network device associated with the physical hardware
	    device.</P
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>Configure the hostname and DNS settings.</P
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>Configure any hosts that cannot be looked up through DNS.</P
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>	This chapter discusses each of these steps for each type of network
	connection.
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