[ale] Q: Alternate network setups in SuSE-10.x

[johnmills at speakeasy.net (John Mills)]

ALErs -

I have a SuSE-10.2 laptop that normally starts its wired connection using 
DHCP using (I believe) 'if-up' rather than 'network manager'. (I just took 
whatever default came at installation.)

I would like to switch between my current DHCP setup and a preset static 
setup for bench testing.

How can I configure the system to allow these two choices, preferably 
defaulting to DHCP on startup?

TIA,
 - Mills