[SOLVED] connecting with a cable modem

I just switched over to mandrake linux 10.1 and i love what i see so far, but i cannot connect to the internet.
I have comcast cable and am connected with it by an ethernet cable.

set your nic to dhcp i think the ifconfig command will do it

Code:

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ifconfig <name of interface> dhcp

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this should also be set in the network config file