Tag Archives: network

Enabling the NetworkManager applet on openSUSE

With default settings, the NetworkManager applet on openSUSE is disabled. Here’s how to enable it.

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Securing a router

Things to do to secure your router.

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Setting a hostname and FQDN

By default, a new Linux installation is named “localhost” or “localhost.localdomain” on many distributions. You should usually replace this with at least a hostname. And for some purposes you’ll need a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).

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Diagnosing networking problems in Windows

Things to try when you have problems with Windows networking. …

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Internet sharing on Linux

How I set up Internet and Intranet sharing between two workstations, one Linux and one Windows. Guess which one gave me trouble.

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