[newbie] Unable to get Cable Modem Working

[William Presho]

Hello All
I know this has probably been discussed here before, but I can't find
anything that helps me.

I have @home with an SMC1211TX Ethernet Card. I have used the help files and
set it up accordingly, using drake config. It tells me that everything is
okay but will not connect. Also I have an extra drive so I clean installed
Mandrake 7.1 on it and everything worked perfectly until I shut the machine
off and then tried to bring it back up, it would not connect. I wiped the
drive and clean installed again and it worked, but when I shut down same
problem won't connect.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Bill Presho