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You should tell RH to use dhcp. This is what happens in mandrake & there is no configuration to be done after that. All ip nos, DNs etc are auto-set. The PC thinks it's on an ethernet lan. If you were to use mandrake i can help more! Joseph On Friday 11 April 2003 09:14 pm, Joseph Mifsud wrote: > hi all, > > i am a beginner to linux. while we have linux servers running at work we > dont get much chance ot mess with them, for obvious reasons that we all > know. > > i have installed RH8 on my pc at home on a partition of its own. hope i > will find help from you guys. my aim is to switch to linux completely at > home and perform better at work. > > my first question: > > i have cable internet at home. on booting up linux the system gets stuck on > the "Bringing up interface eth0". The only way to go past it is to switch > the cable modem off. I dont go much further though. from the system > settings > network configuration i try to activate the device, after > switching on the modem, but i am stuck there. > > any help is very much appreciated > > regards > > joseph - --------------------------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" ------------------------------
