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Chapter 10. Managing Network Connections with NetworkManager

Contents

10.1. NetworkManager and SCPM
10.2. NetworkManager and Security
10.3. Controlling NetworkManager
10.4. Common Tasks

If you want to enable or disable NetworkManager during the installation, click Enable NetworkManager or Disable NetworkManager in Network Mode of the Network Configuration screen. To enable or disable NetworkManager on an already installed system, follow these steps:

  1. Open YaST.

  2. Choose Network Devices+Network Card.

  3. On the first screen, set the Network Setup Method option to User Controlled with NetworkManager to use NetworkManager. To disable NetworkManager, set the Network Setup Method option to Traditional Method with ifup.

Figure 10.1. Enabling NetworkManager in YaST Module

Enabling NetworkManager in YaST Module

After choosing the method, you can set up your network card using either automatic configuration via DHCP or a static IP address. If you want to use a dial-up connection, configure your modem in Network Devices+Modem. To configure an internal or USB ISDN modem, select Network Devices+ISDN. To configure an internal or USB DSL modem, select Network Devices+DSL. A detailed description of the network configuration with YaST is available in Section “Configuring a Network Connection with YaST” (Chapter 21, Basic Networking, ↑Reference) and Section “Wireless LAN” (Chapter 36, Wireless Communication, ↑Reference).

Configure supported wireless cards directly in NetworkManager.

10.1. NetworkManager and SCPM

NetworkManager cannot work together with System Configuration Profile Management (SCPM) if SCPM also manages the network configuration. If you want to use SCPM and NetworkManager at the same time, you must disable the network resource in the SCPM configuration. To disable the network resource in all your SCPM profiles, proceed as follows:

  1. Open YaST.

  2. Choose System+Profile Manager.

  3. In Resource Groups click Configure.

  4. In the list of resource groups, select network and click Delete.

  5. Click OK .

  6. Click Finish to close the SCPM configuration.

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