fedora will not access dhcp server to get IP

[Chris Kloiber]

On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 00:26, Ken Chamberlain wrote:

> In a adsl network setup, there IS no eth0 interface.  My RHL 8 clean
> install incorrectly assumed the detected ethernet device was part of a
> local area network.  Perhaps this has happened to you.  Disable this
> interface (eth0) if it isn't already.  Then set-up a ppp0 interface via
> Internet Connection Wizard. Device type should be xDSL.  Ethernet
> device=ent0, ISP provider=ppp0 (if you want it to auto start
> networking).  Provide userid and password.  A tip:some userid's should
> be specified as userid at domain. 

DSL is a technology I don't use. I have a cable modem which provides an
ethernet connection. My instructions should still work as far as they
go, In /etc/sysconfig/fwiptables.conf, replace LAN_IFACE="eth0" and
INET_IFACE="ppp0"

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Chris Kloiber
Red Hat, Inc.