Establishing a Wireless Connection
Wireless Ethernet devices are becoming increasingly popular. The
configuration is similar to the Ethernet configuration except
that it allows you to configure ESSID, mode, frequency, channel,
transmit rate, and key for your wireless device.
To add a wireless Ethernet connection, follow these steps:
Click the Devices tab.
Click the Add button.
Select Wireless connection from the
Device Type list, and click
Forward.
If you have already added the wireless network interface card to
the hardware list, select it from the Ethernet
card list. Otherwise, select Other Ethernet
Card to add the hardware device.
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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 program, they will already appear in the hardware list
on the Hardware tab.
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If you selected Other Ethernet Card, the
Select Ethernet Adapter 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
eth0, if this is the second Ethernet card for
the system, select eth1, and so on. The
Network Administration Tool also allows
the user to configure the resources for the wireless network
interface card. Click Forward to continue.
On the Configure Wireless Connection page
as shown in Figure 11-12,
configure the ESSID, mode, frequency, channel, transmit rate, and key
for your wireless device.
On the Configure Network Settings 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
Forward to continue.
Click Apply on the Create
Wireless Device page.
After configuring the wireless device, it appears in the device list as
shown in Figure 11-13.
Be sure to click Apply to save the changes.
After adding the wireless device, you can edit its configuration by
selecting the device from the device list and clicking
Edit. For example, you can configure the device
to activate at boot time.
When the device is added, it is not activated, as seen by its
Inactive status. To activate the device, select it
from the device list, and click the Activate
button.
