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1.1. Set Up a New Network Interface Figure 18.3. Setting the DNS and Gateway IP Addresses If you configure the network with DHCP you can optionally provide the machine’s hostname. Then you can supply the Zeroconf hostname: this is the name which will be assigned to the machine when no network configuration has been found. After the configuration is done, you can bring the network connection up or down as described in Section 1.4, Monitoring Connections [263]. Please bear in mind that LAN connection types are set up to always be started at boot time. An applet appears in the desktop’s panel indicating that the connection is up or down . Right click on it to access a menu that will also let you control the connection’s state as well as other parameters. 1.1.2. Wireless Connection This entry allows to configure WiFi PCMCIA or PCI devices. 1. Choose the card you wish to configure. If your card is not listed, choose the Use a Windows driver entry. The next step then asks you to select the driver from the manufacturer’s card drivers CD.

1.1. Set Up a New Network Interface with the parameters which your ISP or network administrator gave you. An example of the manual configuration of IP parameters is shown in Figure 18.2, Setting Primary Static LAN Connection Parameters [255]. Figure 18.2. Setting Primary Static LAN Connection Parameters Check the Network Hotplugging box to have your network brought up and down automatically when you connect and disconnect the network cable. This is specially handy for laptop users. Following the static IP example, you have to specify the rest of the parameters, namely the hostname, DNS server IP address(es) and the IP address of the machine giving you access to the Internet, known as the gateway (see Figure 18.3, Setting the DNS and Gateway IP Addresses [256]).

1.1. Set Up a New Network Interface Figure 18.1. DrakConnect Tools 1.1. Set Up a New Network Interface drakconnect supports different types of Internet and network connections. The first step consists of choosing which type of connection you wish to configure. Always make sure you have all the information provided by your ISP or network administrator at hand. 1.1.1. LAN Connection Select the LAN connection type and continue to the next step. Your NICs are detected automatically; if you have more than one, you have to select the one you wish to configure. You can also load a driver for your NIC manually. Then, you have to specify if the network parameters will be automatically set up (Automatic IP (BOOTP/DHCP)) or not (Manual configuration): fill the next steps

Chapter 18. Configuring your Internet Connection 1. Network and Internet Connection Management Before connecting to the Internet, you are encouraged to set up a firewall on your machine so as to avoid bad surprises such as intrusions on your system. You can set up a very simple, yet effective, firewall using Drak- Firewall. Please refer to Section 3, Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall [323] for more information. The drakconnect set of tools allows you to easily configure your network access, whether it be to the Internet or to a local network. Open Mandriva Linux Control Center and select the Network & Internet section to access drakconnect tools. A view of the main interface is shown in Figure 18.1, DrakConnect Tools [254]. The Internet connection sharing tool is described in Section 2, Internet Connection Sharing [265].

7. Setting up your UPS Figure 17.24. Name, Device and Port Names If all went well your UPS should now be configured and ready to help avoid bad power outage surprises.

7. Setting up your UPS Figure 17.23. Selecting the Manufacturer and Model 1 Then assign a Name, Driver, and Port. The Name and Driver fields should automatically be filled. Of course, you can change its name but we recommend you keep the driver name.

7. Setting up your UPS The nut-server ( nut stands for Network UPS Tool) package needs to be installed. Figure 17.22. DrakUPS Setup Next let DrakUPS autodetect your UPS. If all goes well you should get a congratulation message. If not try to do it manually. Select your UPS in the list of manufacturers and models.

7. Setting up your UPS Different connection types are available: Local printer. A printer directly connected to a parallel or USB port on your computer. In most cases, the printer model will be auto-detected. Printer on remote lpd server. A printer already served by another machine on a lpd server. Network printer (TCP/socket). A printer directly connected to your local network. The network can be scanned and printer models automatically detected provided the Printer auto-detection box is checked. Printer on SMB/Windows 95/98/NT server. Relevant for printers already connected to a computer running an OS which serves printers with the SMB protocol, including Samba printers (the necessary Samba components will be automatically installed in this case). The network can be scanned provided the Printer auto-detection box is checked. Enter a printer device URI. This option allows you to directly enter the printer’s Universal Resource Identifier (URI) on your network. It can be used for any of the above remote connections, and more. This is useful when your system administrator provides you with the printer’s URI. Click on the Modify timeout for network printer auto-detection button to change the default timeout (4000 milliseconds, or 4 seconds) for detection of networked printers. Please bear in mind that the bigger the timeout, the better the chances of detecting remote printers. However the auto-detection process will also take more time. 7. Setting up your UPS The role of a UPS (Uninterruptable Power System) is to provide you with electrical power whatever happens. A UPS enables you to continue working for a certain amount of time due to its battery (usually up to 10 minutes depending on the model) even if there’s a power outage in your area. Its main function, however, is to allow you to save your data and to cleanly close your machine, minimizing and even avoiding data corruption and loss. Open the Mandriva Linux Control Center in the hardware section and click on Set up a UPS for power monitoring to launch DrakUPS.

6.6. Expert Mode Choose a Different Driver to the Default One for a Printer. Different drivers are available for the same printer. In expert mode, a third level appears in the printer model selection list (see Figure 17.16, Choosing the Printer Model [243]). It allows you to change each printer’s driver. Install Many Kinds of Remote Printers. This feature enables you to print on remote printers using the LPD protocol, printers on Windows servers which require authorization, or other arbitrary printer types. If PrinterDrake is in expert mode, it doesn’t automatically configure new local printers on start-up. Use the Add printer button to configure the printer. However you can choose to Configure Auto Administration from the Options menu to override that behavior. If you start the new printer wizard in expert mode, there is an additional step at the beginning. Figure 17.21. Configuring a Remote Printer

6.6. Expert Mode Figure 17.20. Modifying an Existing Printer There are a few additional options: 1. Disable Printer. Use this option to remove that printer from the printers available to the system’s users. You might need to temporarily disable a printer under maintenance so that users don’t try to use it in the meantime. When a printer is disabled, that option changes to Enable printer. 2. Learn how to use this printer. Displays information on how to use a particular printer model. In the case of a multi-function device from HP, information about scanning and photo memory card access is also displayed. 3. Remove printer. Deletes that printer’s configuration from the system. Select an action in the dialog and then click on the Do it! button to perform it. 6.6. Expert Mode The expert mode has three additional features: