1.14.1 Automatic System Conguration
Having rebooted, the system starts the Automatic Conguration. This routine attempts
to congure your network and Internet access and sets up your hardware. This process
does not need any interaction. You can change the settings made by Automatic
Conguration at any time on the installed system with YaST. Continue with Sec-
tion 1.15, “Graphical Login” (page 27).
1.14.2 Manual System Conguration
Having rebooted, the system starts the manual conguration. If the conguration
fails at one of the steps of this stage, it restarts and continues from the last successful
step.
1.14.2.1 Hostname and Domain Name
The hostname is the computer's name in the network. The domain name is the name
of the network. A hostname and domain are proposed by default. If your system is
part of a network, the hostname has to be unique in this network, whereas the domain
name has to be common to all hosts on the network.
In many networks, the system receives its name over DHCP. In this case it is not
necessary to modify the proposed hostname and domain name. Select Change
Hostname via DHCP instead. To be able to access your system using this hostname,
even when it is not connected to the network, select Assign Hostname to Loopback
IP. Do n ot enable this option when your machine provides network services. If you
often change networks without restarting the desktop environment (e.g. when
switching between dierent WLANs), do not enable this option either, because the
desktop system may get confused when the hostname in /etc/hosts changes.
To change hostname settings at any time after installation, use YaST Network Devices
> Network Settings. For more information, see Section “Conguring the Network
Card with YaST” (Chapter 21, Basic Networking, ↑Reference).
1.14.2.2 Network Conguration
If you are installing openSUSE on a laptop computer, Interfaces Controlled by Net-
workManager is enabled. NetworkManager is a tool that enables automatic connection
with minimal user intervention. It is ideal for WLAN and mobile computing. If you
want to use the traditional method without NetworkManager, click Disable Network-
Manager. Find detailed information about NetworkManager in Chapter 5, Using Net-
workManager (page 55). If you are installing openSUSE on any other type of machine,
the traditional method without NetworkManager is selected by default. This congu-
ration step also lets you congure the network devices of your system and make
security settings, for example, for a rewall or proxy.
The network can also be congured after the system installation has been completed.
If you skip it now, your system is left oine unable to retrieve any available updates.
To congure your network connection later, select Skip Conguration and click Next.
The following network settings can be congured in this step:
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