Can anyone help me connect. I am using a Toshiba PCX2600 cable modem connected to my pc by an ethernet card. I am using fedora linux. The cable modem is a standalone device and doesn't need any drivers if you are using the ethernet port to connect. Linux detected and installed the ethernet card. When I do the "ifconfig eth0" command at the terminal prompt this is what I get:

eth0
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10B5:55:9FB
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3985 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collision:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:246961 (241.1Kb) TX bytes:1710 (1.6Kb)


lo
Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4416 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4416 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3719006 (3.5Mb) TX bytes:3719006 (3.5Mb)

My IP address is supplied by my ISP so I didn't put one in, can someone guide me in the right direction...thanks.

try ifup and ifdown.

if your machine is setup to automatically gain an IP it should gain the same IP as your modem is on. or not.
'ifdown eth0'
then, 'ifup eth0'

and finnally ifconfig to see if the eth0 device has a line: inet addr, and a number(IP).

if not you may need to specify DHCP and or a static IP.

BTW, all IP addresses are assigned by ISP's .

I havent seen an ISP yet that you choose your own IP.
I could be wrong.

AND by the looks of it there are send/recieved transmissions without errors, just no IP address available to you.

Thanks I will try it when I get back to the system. Yea I know, I meant I get my IP using DHCP and it's not a static Ip that the ISP gave me.

I have that modem, but using it on windows I always connected it via usb (since I didn't have the ethernet cable at the time). Now that I have Ubuntu, it doesn't see the usb connection as a network connection. I have an ethernet cable now, but it doesn't work. does it need a crossover? or is there a way to get the usb side working on Ubuntu instead?