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I'm just wondering if NTL's DHCP server is Windows only or something like that.
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Nope, it's Solaris and run by guys who are pure Unix geeks, trust me on this!
I've used dhclient on Debian (and FreeBSD) to connect to STB broadband in the testlab with no problem (via a Pace box). If your box is a Samsung (presumably, as it is 2Mb) it does help to force the interface to 10Mb/half duplex (this is the most conservative setting and well capable of 2Mb/s traffic. One thing you rapidly learn in networking is that autonegotation is no substitute for knowing what you're doing.
P.S.
It's
route add default gw <gateway>
isn't it? I have to switch between Solaris and Linux at work all the time and it always throws me how different the syntax is! In this case the gateway is 80.2.188.1, presuming you get your usual 80.2.188.x address.