I can't get to the internet through my cable modem. I'm using RHAS4 on a box with Windows XP also(which connects fine)connected directly to the cable modem via ethernet.
It's a NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller, and it seems to be activating ok at boot, so I don't think it's a compatibility or driver issue.

Am I correct in thinking I have to use DHCP to assign the info, and if so where does it get the info from? (ISP or the modem itself?)

Anyway here's what I got from the XP's ipconfig:

dhcp....yes
IP......68.xxx.xxx.xx
subnet..255.255.248.0
default gateway...68.xxx.xxx.xx
DCHP Server...10.101.176.1
DNS Servers...65.32.5.74
65.32.5.75

I've tried to statically assign the stuff also, but I need to reboot to Linux and repost the ifconfig (do I need to do a route command and update /etc/sysconfig/network like this?)

I put the namesrervers in resolv.conf (do I need to when using dhcp?-doesn't dhcp take care of the gateway also?)

I'm using an ARRIS Touchtone TM402G, and can't seem to find any compatibility info.

Thanks for your help. I probably won't check back until tomorrow morning.

IF you use DHCP it should give you the gateway address as well, if you set it to a static address, when the lease runs out on that address it will change and then your connection will be lost. Your ISP will be using the MAC address of your cable modem to assign the ip-address.

It's been a while since I used Redhat but I think you can reset your network configuration by typing at the command prompt:

netconfig

This will take you through setting up your network card, then restart your computer and see if this helps. If you still have trouble post your routing table info, at the command prompt type:

route -n

Also a word of caution, when posting your ip-address, mask it by doing something like this:

68.xxx.xxx.xxx

This will just help to stop any persons who want too do nasty things to you since they now know this is a active ip-address

That is like giving telemarketers your phone number and telling them to give you a call.

Why does he need to reboot? He can just restart the network and get the same thing.

Thanks for the address tip. I probably should've figured that one out myself. I'll get that routing table when I get home from work (not til after 3pm).

Thanks for the responses!

ummmmmmmmmm 42 dayz looks interesting

That is just at the moment. I once had 242 I think. It was about 10 months. Hurricane put out my lights.

Also keep in mind that I have recompiled every package on here and updated KDE several times as well. Log out then log back in to load up the new KDE.

That is true, I think netconfig may restart the network card for you anyway.

Alright. Here's what my ifcfg-eth0 file looks like:

DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp

and here's my route table:

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
68.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0

When I configure eth0 to use dhcp, I can't get the interface up (#service network restart)

edit:sorry about how the route table looks, I couldn't get my cd recorder to work (machine has no floppy), but I guess that's another thread

When posting material from the command prompt it often helps to use code tags. Compare:


I would expect dhcp to work assuming your network card has the right module. I don't know which dhpc client program redhat uses. try:
good luck.