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>Chapter 9. Establishing a QETH Connection</H1
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> To add a QETH 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"
>Qeth 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"
>Qeth
device</B
> list. Otherwise, select <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Other Qeth
devices</B
> to add the hardware device.</P
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> The installation program usually detects supported
Ethernet devices and prompts you to configure them. If you
configured them during the installation, they are displayed in the
hardware list on the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Hardware</B
> tab.
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>If you selected <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Other Qeth devices</B
>, the
<B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Select Ethernet Adapter</B
> window appears. Select
the device name. If
this is the first Ethernet card for the system, select
<B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>eth0</B
>; if this is the second Ethernet card for
the system, 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 Qeth
device. You need to enter the Read, Write and
Data device address for the Qeth device that you are adding.
You also have the choice of adding different Options
for this particular device as shown in <A
HREF="network-config-qeth.html#NEAT-QETH-SETTINGS-FIG"
>Figure 9-1</A
>. Click <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Forward</B
> to continue.
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><B
>Figure 9-1. Select Ethernet Adapter</B
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>On the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Configure Network Settings</B
> page
as shown in <A
HREF="network-config-qeth.html#NEAT-QETH-NETWORK-SETTINGS-FIG"
>Figure 9-2</A
>,
choose between DHCP and 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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>Figure 9-2. Configure Network Settings</B
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>Click <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Apply</B
> on the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Create
Ethernet Device</B
> page.
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>Figure 9-3. Create Ethernet Device</B
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> After configuring the Qeth device, it appears in the device list as
shown in <A
HREF="network-config-qeth.html#NEAT-QETH-FIG"
>Figure 9-4</A
>.
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NAME="NEAT-QETH-FIG"
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><P
><IMG
SRC="./figs/neat-qeth.png"></P
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><P
><B
>Figure 9-4. Qeth Device</B
></P
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> Be sure to select <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>File</B
> =>
<B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Save</B
> to save the changes.
</P
><P
> After adding the Qeth 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="GUIBUTTON"
>Active device when computer starts</B
> value, and save the changes.
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> 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.
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