Configuring a Network Connection

If you are installing over the network, you have performed your network configuration at the beginning of the installation process and do not need to complete this information again. If you are installing via local media and have a network card in place, please continue with this section.

Figure 10-27 appears only if your computer has a network card. (If there is more than one network card, this dialog configures the primary card.)

Figure 10-27. Network Configuration Dialog

You have two choices in this dialog:

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 essentially "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.