(FWD)linux, cable modem, and RCN

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Were you able to use a Windows box to connect?, such as the 
installer's laptop. 

I do remember on an earlier SuSE release, that dhcpclient would fail if 
the specified interface was in an up state. Also, make sure that your 
ethernet card is generating a good MAC address. If I recall, RCN uses 
the MAC address as part of the generated host name. 

On 21 Feb 2001, at 18:13, John Chambers wrote:

> It instantly responded with "Operation failed."

Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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