To surf the Internet or send and receive e-mail messages, you must have configured an Internet connection with YaST. Depending on your environment, in YaST select whether to use NetworkManager. In GNOME, you can then establish Internet connections with NetworkManager or ifup.

For a list of criteria to help you decide whether to use NetworkManager, see Section 30.5: Managing Network Connections with NetworkManager and Section 25.1.2: Integration in Changing Operating Environments in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Deployment Guide.

Enabling or Disabling NetworkManager

1. In YaST, click Network Devices+Network Card.

2. To enable NetworkManager, select User Controlled with NetworkManager.

   To disable NetworkManager, select Traditional Method with ifup.

3. Click Next.

4. Set up your network card using either automatic configuration via DHCP or a static IP address. For more information about network configuration with YaST, refer to the respective section in Basic Networking in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Deployment Guide.

5. Click Finish to close the Network Card Configuration Overview window.

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

	Configuration of WLAN Cards
Configure supported wireless cards directly in NetworkManager.