Getting linux to detect my modem - HELP!

 Hello
  
  I am a total newbie to this linux and free software thing. I recently  installed red hat linux taroon edition on a partition of my computer. 
  
  Now the prblem is, I cannot connect to the internet using linux (Now on  XP). I have an asianet broadband connection, with the MCNS cable modem  connected via  ethernet to my computer.
  
  Linux does detect my ethernet card as eth0 . But the PC light on my  modem does not turn on. In windows, for the PC light on my modem to  blink, I need to set the link speed of the modem to 10 Half duplex. How  do I do that in linux? 
  
  At present, on startup, linux fails when trying to detect my IP from eth0
  
  Please help
  
  Thanks in advance for any and all the help!
  
  Deepu
  

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