Help get my Network Devices to Activate
 

I just installed Fedora 5 to my machine. There is a network card built-in, but it shows "inactive." When I attempt to activate it shows: "Determining IP information for eth0...failed."

I'm using a motorola surfboard cable modem to connect. Please help!

I have got the same error with FC6.
Any idea guys.....

So sorry i am slightly confused are you trying to connect through an ethernet connection or through a cable modem ??

I have a network card attached to a cable modem.

Ok what network card are you using ??

Sorry if getting the right info is like pulling teeth.
I have 2 ethernet cards installed (mainly in an attempt to troubleshoot). The first is eth0 and is part of the Motherboard. It is a 3Com 3c905c-TX-TX-M Tornado. I set it up DHCP and active on start-up. The second is in an expansion slot and is eth1. It is a Linksys NC 100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 card. It also is set up DHCP and active. I called comcast (no linux support) and they said I should be DHCP. The cable modem is a Motorola Surfboard SB5100.

What is the output of ifconfig (you may have to be root for this command to work, depends on your distro)?
What happens if you try the following (as root):
ifdown eth0
dhclient eth0
ifconfig
If that doesn't work, try the same for eth1

i was geting the same error before...first delete ur ethernet card tat is detected whch is present in the hardware tab, then add the ethernet card again.. then select ur ethernet card.. then click "edit" button... then insert ur router ip then subnet mask as well as gateway.... now jus save n close... now try activating it..i did dis n got it working finally...

If its done by dhcp then just type this as root

dhcpcd eth0


or if that dosent work

dhcpcd eth1

(dhcpcd is the most common used dhcp client, replace dhcpcd with the one that your distro uses)