

Note the HWaddr field, or hardware address, on the first line. where eth0 is a standard NIC that we have preconfigured to

RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:12 Base address:0xc400 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Recipient of the DHCP cable internet service. We want to select a specific Ethernet interface ( ethX) to be the If you have more than one Ethernet interface available and want to selectĪ specific one for the cable service, go on to Section 3.2. Successfully acquired an IP address (the 'inet addr') provided by our cable internetĪ simple Ethernet-based configuration should be completeĪt this step. Lo, and also eth0, the cable modem having Packets:5168 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:5168 errors:0ĭropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1695104 (1.6 MiB) Interrupt:12 Base address:0xc400 RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2591777 errors:0 dropped:0 Ifconfig without any other arguments, and you should see theĮth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:D0:09:DE:D4:6F That the DHCP client is working and you have a new IP address, execute (as root) Outlined in Section 2.5, you should be provided your own IP address thatĭoesn't change unless you drop the lease (i.e. Ready to Start With an Ethernet-Modem connectionĪre plugged into the system, your modem is on and your dhcp server is running as
