Good day all. I am having trouble setting up dhcp for my linux computer to connect with my cable internet service provider. I have already changed my settings in linuxconf to say dhcp. I have tried all four of the different linux dhcp clients that my distro came with. I have a router, but am not yet using it because I want to be sure that everything else works first. The distribution I am using is Mandrake Linux 8.1. After hours of unsuccessfully trying, I switched out the cable modem for a second one we had, yet the connection still did not work. I also switched the nics and cables, yet the computer was still unable to connect to the internet. I thought for a while that there could be some kind of conflict between the modem and the nic, but even after removing the modem, and double checking my settings, the network would still not work.