Cox uses DHCP, only hitch is they lock on the first MAC address that the modem 
sees for dishing out the ip address to.  Try a hard reset of the Cable Modem. 
If that doesn't work, you might need to still feed a hostname to get Cox to work.

> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> 
> as COX uses dhcp
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 17:03, George Gambill wrote:
> 
>>Loaded RH 8.0 on a friends (boss's son) machine.  Used KDE instead of the
>>default GNOME.  Linux is the only OS.  The friend (Rob) took the machine
>>home and is unable to connect to his internet provider, COX.  Haven't talked
>>to Rob, only his father.
>>
>>Does anyone have suggestions as to where to start looking before I call him?