need help getting ip from linksys router in mandrake 8.1

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When it loads interface eth0, it fails saying could not determine ip information, or something along those lines...
here is my network config:

NETWORKING=yes
FORWARD_IPV4=false
DHCP_HOSTNAME=sparkylinux
HOSTNAME=sparkylinux
DOMAINNAME=vz.dsl.genuity.net

Also, the lo interface seems to take forever to start up, but is eventually ok.

Any suggestions? The router works just fine from the same machine when I boot into win2k (dhcp also, but different host name).

Thanks!

 

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Something else... I just did a
cat /proc/interrupts

and I don't see any entries relating to the nic.

BTW, this is the onboard NIC for the ECS K7s5a.

 

[Venomous]

You just need to place the LAN ip address in your config and gateway which will be 192.168.1.1 ( router )

 

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What exactly do I need to add...
Which file do I modify?

Thanks.

 

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I tried executing dhcpcd and when I look at the syslog I see that it saying "timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response."

Any suggestions?

Thanks.