[hblug] Help Please

[gordon arnott]

I am New to Linux and are trying to assist a Freind.
: to connect to the internet.
 My friend is in CH CH and is trying to connect to [clearnet Cable]
We have tried most "flavours" [ distro's ] but are having No success.
We are dual booting   [xp ]  and  [ linux distro ].

Xp connects with  [ no problems ]

clearnet cable has a static address,.
We have entered all the required settings
IP    sub set   gateway   DNS    alt DNS , [etc ]
My friend is trying to connect  with
: a pci eth0 card and a modem.
we are both at a loss for we are making NO progress !.

Searching forums [i came across this]

QUOTE)
If it is connected directly to the cable modem, your ISP may have limited
internet access to the MAC address of your previous ethernet card. In that
case, you'll have to use MAC address spoofing - configure your ethernet card
to spoof the MAC address of your previous card. Or install a router and
program the router to spoof the MAC address. end quote )

?   Is this infromation pointing Us in the correct direction .
Problem is that we are very New to linux and don't understand the commands.
Any assistance with my request would be very welcomed.
Thanks SO MUCH
Gordon
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