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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a computer with Comcast.net as my ISP. My
Ethernet cable goes from the network interface to the cable modem.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have another computer with the same setup and
DHCP is no problem.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the problem computer, the card does not acquire
an Ethernet address, and I don't know enough about DHCP in Linux to configure
the client software or configure the Ethernet card.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone point me in the right direction? The
non-working computer is a standard x86_64 machine with a RealTek "8139too". I
compared the scripts and configuration I could find, but got
nowhere.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The giveaway is that the "PCLiNK" on the modem does
not illuminate (meaning there is no signal from the Ethernet card to the cable
modem).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The thing is, in Windows XP, this same computer
works fine, DHCP-assigned address and nameservers, and everything.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone help with this issue?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bryan A. Zimmer</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>respond to this list or to</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>zimmer dot bryan at gmail dot
com</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BAZ</FONT></DIV>
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