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[Ben Pfaff]

First: You need to fix your mail client configuration.  "." is
not a useful subject, and not quoting any context is not helpful.

"Kyle Marcus Anderson" <ander640@pilot.msu.edu> writes:

> 1) yes, i have a lancity cable modem running into my ethernet card.  I live in
> Mayo.  They have cable modems here.
> 
> 2)driver loaded...

What messages does the driver give when it loads? 

> 3) Kernel 2.2
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> 4) bringing eht0  ,.......    failed
>  its unable to find ip address. etc.

Okay, I'd figured *that* much out.  But what *messages* does it
give?  And what do "ifconfig eth0" and "route -n" print?