Jason, I disabled the firewall for testing purposes before trying to activate eth0.
Ken --- Jason Staudenmayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a firewall active? If yes it might be > blocking the DHCP ports, > shutdown the firewall and try it again if it works > add DHCP port to your > firewall. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Plumley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 11:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem to > Internet > > > 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 > > > -- > 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
