> I never used cable modem and don't know how it connects to the PC, so I
> might be saying something completely wrong here,

Regular network cable going directly from cable modem to laptop.

> but can't you sniff the
> traffic directly from the laptop by capturing packets on the interface
> connected to the cable modem?

I can do that when interface is up is up and running.
But it is /etc/init.d/net.eth0 that is failing because of dhcp error.

What should I use? Ethereal? What should I look for?
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