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>Chapter 8. Establishing a Wireless Connection</H1
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> Wireless Ethernet devices are becoming increasingly popular. The
configuration is similar to the Ethernet configuration except that it
allows you to configure settings such as the SSID and key for the
wireless device.
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> To add a wireless 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"
>Wireless 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 wireless network interface card to
the hardware list, select it from the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Ethernet
card</B
> list. Otherwise, select <B
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>Other Wireless
Card</B
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> The installation program usually detects supported wireless
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 Wireless Card</B
>, the
<B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Select Ethernet Adapter</B
> window appears. Select
the manufacturer and model of the Ethernet card and the device. 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
the user to configure the resources for the wireless network
interface card. Click <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Forward</B
> to continue.
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>On the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Configure Wireless Connection</B
> page
as shown in <A
HREF="network-config-wireless.html#NEAT-WIRELESS-SETTINGS-FIG"
>Figure 8-1</A
>, configure
the settings for the wireless device.
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><B
>Figure 8-1. Wireless Settings</B
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>On the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Configure Network Settings</B
> page,
choose between DHCP and static IP address. You may specify a
hostname for the device. If the device receives a dynamic 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
Wireless Device</B
> page.
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> After configuring the wireless device, it appears in the device list as
shown in <A
HREF="network-config-wireless.html#NEAT-WIRELESS-FIG"
>Figure 8-2</A
>.
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>Figure 8-2. Wireless Device</B
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> Be sure to select <B
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>File</B
> =>
<B
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>Save</B
> to save the changes.
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><P
> After adding the wireless device, you can edit its configuration by
selecting the device from the device list and clicking
<B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Edit</B
>. For example, you can configure the device
to activate at boot time.
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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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