[KLUG Members] network issues

[Benjamin Stuart]

Hello All;
   It has been quite a while since the last time I 
installed/used Linux (last install was RH5.1 if I remember 
correctly).  Anyways, I've come across more spare time and 
wanted to get back into it.  Grabbed a copy of 7.2 and 
installed.  Everything went fine during the install (wow).  
Now, however, I am stuck with a weird NIC problem.
    I am using a Linksys Cable Router with DHCP enabled, so 
I told the installer to let eth0 pull its address from 
that.  The problem is that it isn't pulling an IP.  I see 
no problems at all with the way the NIC is being 
initialized during boot up (dmesg info at end of this 
email).  I know the NIC physically works, so I don't know 
what the problem is exactly...any ideas?  If more info is 
needed than I provided, let me know...

Thanks,
ben

dmesg output:
PCI: Assigned IRQ 11 for device 00:03.0
eth0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 1
eth0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default
eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xdc00, IRQ 11, [mac]
eth0: Media Link On 100mbps full-duplex

*note: initially the USB hub and the NIC were being given 
the same IRQ (11).  I disabled the USB hub in BIOS, so 
there shouldnt be any IRQ-sharing issues...

*note: this is an onboard NIC from a K7S5A motherboard.  
the manual gives absolutely no more information about it 
other than that its 100Mbps.