fedora will not access dhcp server to get IP

[Trevor Smith]

For all those that offered help getting fedora to access my adsl
service:

I ran out of other ideas so I popped in to Cellar and bought the
cheapest NIC they had. I stuck it in, booted to RH7.2, Kudzu detected
and configured the card, the boot continued and... to my delight, my
nasty little adsl modem started blinking and eth0 WAS BROUGHT UP! And
the heavens parted and there was light at last and the sound of angels
singing...

Break out the Beethoven, I feel an Ode to Joy coming on. :-)

What was "wrong" with the old NIC? Who knows? Not me, nor will I likely
ever know. Shrug.

Many thanks to everyone who offered suggestions, all of which helped me
learn just a little more about many things that may help me at some
later date.


-- 
 Trevor Smith    |    trevor at haligonian.com