Can not obtain an IP address via DHCP on new system. Why?

[Jay Ridgley]

Folks,

OK, I must be stupid. I have tried to get this new system up yet I keep failing 
to obtain an IP address via DHCP from my provider. I have the following 
configuration. I have snipped the remaining portions (to save space).

/etc/network/interfaces:auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

# Connection to Time Warner Cable
# Internal RJ45 port
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth0

  --snip--

/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf:

ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;

# DHCP for eth0 - outside world connection via cable modem
#  no entries here

  --snip--

Should I provide anything else?

All systems that are behind the firewall work fine except for going outside my 
local network (expected, since I have no connection on the firewall). When I 
boot the new system ifconfig does not show eth0. Yet it is there and plugged 
into the cable modem. The information does show in an lspci.

Needing help,
Jay
What have I missed

Let me know if you want extensive info and I will try to put it on paste bin.

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Jay Ridgley
jridgley2 at austin.rr.com
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