When I use dhcp and activate eth0 I get a "Determining IP iformation 
for eth0... failed" errormessage. I ahve disabled my firewall as well as 
iptables and still can't get out.

  Thanks

  FrankM

Jeffrey Pyne wrote:

>Are you assigning a static IP address to eth0?  If so, that might be your
>problem.  Cox wants you to use DHCP.  Change the configuration of eth0 so
>that it grabs its IP address, default gateway, netmask, etc. from Cox's
>servers and try again.  You may have to power off your cable modem for a
>minute or two to clear its cache in order for your RH box to obtain an IP
>address from DHCP.
>
>Also, if your firewall rules are blocking ICMP, that might be why you can't
>ping anything.  Try stopping your firewall and see if you can ping your
>default gateway, nameservers, www.google.com, etc.
>
>HTH,
>
>Jeff
>
>On Monday, July 07, 2003 9:10 AM, FrankMandato wrote:
> 
>
>>   I also changed my IP address to 68.98.10.73, but the
>>routing table never changes, I tried adding that address
>>manually, but I get an error message that the netmask
>>does not match the IP address, the netmask I use is
>>255.255.255.240 for the new address.
>>
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