<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>In Win98, is the cable modem using the other NIC card or anything? If so, you may have to power cycle your cable modem so it forgets about the old MAC address. I know that w/my Comcast cable modem, if I want to switch the NIC that is hooked up to it, I have to power cycle like that or I can't pull an IP address via DHCP. Pull the power, let it sit off for a few seconds, then power on and try again.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>However, if it's the same NIC card, and therefore the same MAC address... well, I guess I don't know :)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>k</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: Srinivasan S [mailto:ssrini@rediffmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 12:11 To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Cable modem help </DIV> Hi I run Fedora Core 1 (on a dual boot with Win 98) .. Recently I attached a cable modem to the m/c and set it up as below : Settings on eth0: (local n/w) eth0 is connected to the local network and runs Samba and DHCPD (on eth0 only). Set to a static IP of 192.168.1.1 Settings on eth1 : (Motorola 5100 Surfboard cable modem) Automatically obtain IP address settings with dhcp DHCP Settings : Hostname is empty and Automatically obtain DNS is unchecked and Hardware is bound to the proper MAC address When I try to activate the eth1 interface it fails. An ifconfig on eth1 returns the following output : [root@localhost root]# ifconfig eth1 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:08:43:4C UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:65356 (63.8 Kb) TX bytes:3420 (3.3 Kb) Interrupt:11 Base address:0xc400 << The same cable connection on Win98 works without any hitches and I get connected>> I want to use my Fedora box with the net and hence need help urgently Thanks in advance Regards Srini <A href="http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp" target=_blank><IMG height=74 hspace=0 src="http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbox.htm@Bottom" width=496 border=0 NOSEND="1"></A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>