Can't activate network device (NIC)

From: bowmma (msbowman_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 08/28/03 

Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:24:10 -0400

I'm a Linux newbie and am trying to configure my Dell I4100 notebook (which
is dualbooted for W2000 and RHL9) to connect Linux with my DSL provider,
Sympatico. My NIC (3Com 3C905C-TX) is compatible with RHL9 but when I try
to activate the device I get the error message "Determining IP info for eth0
....failed" after about a minute. The NIC wasn't accepted when I first
installed RHL and delayed bootup while it diagnosed the interface. Is this
a PnP issue?

I'm pretty sure I have the pppoe installed as well as the PPP Daemon and
have loaded Sympatico's configuration files ("free_pty", "pppoe",
"start-pppoe" & "stop-pppoe" - to directory /usr/local/bin; "options.pppoe"
to directory /etc/ppp).

I've explored some of the various Linux sites and forums but haven't been
able to get much info.

Any help would be appreciated. I'd be grateful for any links and or
newsgroups that might be able to help.

Thanks in advance. 

--
bowmma@igs.net

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