Configuring a Network Connection

If you are installing over the network, configure your network connection as explained in this section and then return to the section called Installing over a Network.

Figure 8-25 appears only if your computer has a network card. (If there is more than one network card, this dialog configures the primary card.)

You have two choices:

• Select Use bootp/dhcp. In this case, an existing server on your LAN dynamically supplies network-related information needed to add this system to the network at connect-time. (Note that if you do this, the remaining fields in this dialog will be disabled, as DHCP and BOOTP in essence "fill in the blanks" for you.)

• Enter static network information in the fields provided. In this case, the network information you supply is assigned permanently to this computer.

  Table 8-1 shows sample information. Obtain the actual information from your network administrator.