Hi I run Fedora Core 1 (on a dual boot with Win 98) .. Recently I attached a cable modem to the m/c and set it up as below : Settings on eth0: (local n/w) eth0 is connected to the local network and runs Samba and DHCPD (on eth0 only). Set to a static IP of 192.168.1.1 Settings on eth1 : (Motorola 5100 Surfboard cable modem) Automatically obtain IP address settings with dhcp DHCP Settings : Hostname is empty and Automatically obtain DNS is unchecked and Hardware is bound to the proper MAC address When I try to activate the eth1 interface it fails. An ifconfig on eth1 returns the following output : [root@localhost root]# ifconfig eth1 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:08:43:4C UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:65356 (63.8 Kb) TX bytes:3420 (3.3 Kb) Interrupt:11 Base address:0xc400 << The same cable connection on Win98 works without any hitches and I get connected>> I want to use my Fedora box with the net and hence need help urgently Thanks in advance Regards Srini