Chapter 14: Setting Up Network Connections

In This Chapter

• Using NetworkManager for network connections
• Understanding Local Area Networks (LANs)
• Connecting to a LAN with NetworkManager
• Setting up a wired Ethernet LAN
• Setting up a wireless LAN (WLAN)
• Troubleshooting your LAN

With computers becoming more mobile and wireless networks more common, setting up network connections varies more than it did in the days when most computers were at fixed locations and addresses; but whether you are connecting to your own Local Area Network (LAN) or a public wireless network, Fedora includes tools to set up the kind of network connections you want.

To enable you to interactively manage your network connections, Fedora includes NetworkManager. NetworkManager is described here for choosing and connecting to a wireless LAN (WLAN) because it includes an easy-to-use desktop applet that detects available wireless LANs and lets you choose the one you want to connect to.