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      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="net-manual">
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="net-wired"/>
    <link type="guide" xref="net-wireless"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-20" status="final"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.10" version="0.2" date="2013-11-11" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Phil Bull</name>
      <email its:translate="no">philbull@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

    <desc>You may have to enter network settings if they don't get assigned
    automatically.</desc>
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

<title>Manually set network settings</title>

<p>If your network doesn't automatically assign network settings to your
 computer, you may have to manually enter the settings yourself. This topic
 assumes that you already know the correct settings to use. If not, you may
 need to ask your network administrator or look at the settings of your router
 or network switch.</p>

<steps>
  <title>To manually set your network settings:</title>
 <item>
      <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-terminology">Activities</gui> overview and
      start typing <gui>Settings</gui>.</p>
 </item>
 <item>
      <p>Click on <gui>Settings</gui> to open the control center.</p>
 </item>
 <item>
      <p>Click on <gui>Network</gui> to open the panel.</p>
 </item>
 <item>
  <p>In the left pane, select the network connection that you want to set up
 manually and click the
 <media type="image" src="figures/emblem-system-symbolic.svg">settings</media>
 button. For example, if you plug in to the network with a cable, click
 <gui>Wired</gui>. For a <gui>Wi-Fi</gui> connection, the 
 <media type="image" src="figures/emblem-system-symbolic.svg">settings</media>
 button will be located next to the active network.</p>
  <p>Make sure that your wireless card is turned on or a network cable is
 plugged in.</p>
 </item>
 <item>
  <p>Click <gui>IPv4</gui> and change <gui>Addresses</gui> to
 <gui>Manual</gui>.</p>
 </item>
 <item>
  <p>Type in the <gui>Address</gui> and <gui>Gateway</gui>, as well as the
 appropriate <gui>Netmask</gui>.</p>
  <p>These must be <em>IP addresses</em>; that is, they must be four numbers
 separated by periods (e.g. 123.45.6.78).</p>
 </item>
 <item>
  <p>In the <gui>DNS</gui> section, switch <gui>Automatic</gui> to
 <gui>OFF</gui>. Enter the IP address of a DNS servers you want to use. Enter
 additional DNS server addresses using the <key>+</key> button.</p>
 </item>
 <item>
  <p>In the <gui>Routes</gui> section, switch <gui>Automatic</gui> to
 <gui>OFF</gui>. Enter the the <gui>Address</gui>, <gui>Netmask</gui>,
 <gui>Gateway</gui> and <gui>Metric</gui> for a route you want to use. Enter
 additional routes using the <key>+</key> button.</p>
 </item>
 <item>
  <p>Click <gui>Apply</gui>. If you are not connected to the network, click the
 system status area on the top bar and connect. Test the network settings by
 trying to visit a website or look at shared files on the network, for example.</p>
 </item>

</steps>

</page>
