Brendan O'Connor wrote: > > I have my ethernet card detected and working (using tulip.o, and etherconf > from Progeny), connected to a cable modem, but the internet isn't working at > all. >
<SNIP> > # The ethernet interface, configured by etherconf > iface eth0 inet dhcp > hostname progeny > Most providers wil request a specific hostname in theabove line.progeny for sure will not work,so you either comment out that line or replace progeny with the proper hostname given to you by your ISP. I use dhcpc and I have in /etc/dhcpc/config a line OPTIONS='-h "cr123456"' In /etc/network interfaces for eth0 all I have is iface eth0 inet dhcp I guess it's a bit different for dhcpc but this is the idea.
