Jason, The nic is an SMC EZ 10/100 the driver loaded for it is the RealTek RTL-8139.
I tested the nic with a fixed IP and was able to access other machines on the LAN. Ken --- Jason Staudenmayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like the NIC kernel module isn't loading what > kind of NIC is it? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Plumley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 11:36 AM > To: Redhat List > Subject: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem to > Internet > > > I am trying to setup an x86 box running red hat > linux > 8.0 to reach the internet using a cable modem. I > used > the Network Configuration tool to configure eth0 to > automatically obtain IP address settings with DHCP > and > automatically obtain DNS information from the ISP. > When I try to activate eth0 using the Network > Configuration tool it fails with the message: Cannot > activate network device eth0. > > I can reach the internet using the same cable modem > at > the same location on a different machine running red > hat 6.2 with eth0 configured for dhcp. > > Can some one please tell me how to configure dhcp on > RH 8.0 to work with the cable modem? > > Thanks in advance. > > Ken > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
