[H-GEN] optus at home cable setup troubles

[Johann Kwiatkowski]

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Hi All,
            I'm trying to set up a linux box for optus at home cable 
connection, using a stock redhat 7.3 box. As far as I am aware from 
reading several websites, all that I need to do is set the interface 
(eth1 in this case) to dhcp at boot up. This is not working for me. I've 
also tried ifdown eth1 follwoed by /sbin/dhcpcd -d eth1 at the command 
line, but it just times out. the connection was also tested initially 
with a windows box and worked and the modem was reset when changing to 
the linux box. I've also tried switching cables. It seems something 
simple is missing, but I don't know what. Any help would be appreciated,

cheers

Johann

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