Thanks everyone I figured it out. For some reason even though my host name
was named cx******** (you know that silly name Cox gives you) I still had
to do dhcp -h cx******** then rerun /etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcpcd restart and
Now I have access. (life is great again <g>)

Thanks, 
Carl P. 

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Sir Edward James William wrote:

> I wish I can help. Im running Linksys router. So if anyone has questions 
> about routers I can help.
> 
> I will do some research for ya.
> 
> 
> >From: "der.hans" <PLUGd@LuftHans.com>
> >Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> >To: Phoenix Linux User Group <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> >Subject: Re: dhcpcd help
> >Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:19:52 -0700 (MST)
> >
> >Am 27. Feb, 2001 schwäzte Carl Parrish so:
> >
> > > Okay I just switched to dhcpcd on my lap top. At work this works 
> >perfectly
> > > but when I bring it home and try to plug it into my Cox network it 
> >doesn't
> > > work. dhcpcd fails on startup and if I try to start it from the command
> > > line it just hangs. when I type ifconfig eth0 doesn't even show up. I 
> >have
> > > no idea what the problem is but I need to be able to get to the network
> > > asap. Note my nic card has a green light and if I type network restart 
> >it
> > > seems to go though fine. but dhcpcd can not start. And that's about all
> > > the network tricks I know. So if anyone can help, please do.
> >
> >Search the archives from a couple of months back for Hawke's post about
> >how to get dhcp working under Linux for cox connections.
> >
> >ciao,
> >
> >der.hans
> >--
> >#  der.hans@LuftHans.com   home.pages.de/~lufthans/   
> >www.YourCompanyHere.net ;-)
> >#  Science is magic explained. - der.hans
> >
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