DHCP Address Problem

Just did a fresh install of LM 9.1, same problem as every other time I've
done a clean install, I can't
remember how to fix it (actually it seems to fix itself). Install goes well,
detects my 3c905 card ok, but will not pull a DHCP assigned address. Once
booted, I can run dhclient or dhcpcd and get one just fine, so the card
seems to be working well. I also boot WinXP, Gentoo 1.4 and Lindows with no
problem, so it seems to be a Mandrake 9.1 issue. I've run the network wizard
in MCC a
hundred times (OK maybe I'm exaggerating a bit) and even linuxconf shows the
correct info already (it knows the dns servers too). I've also toggled Pnp
in BIOS with no changes. I'm stumped, any ideas
are appreciated. Thanks!

Michael O wrote:
> Just did a fresh install of LM 9.1, same problem as every other time I've
> done a clean install, I can't
> remember how to fix it (actually it seems to fix itself). Install goes well,
> detects my 3c905 card ok, but will not pull a DHCP assigned address. Once
> booted, I can run dhclient or dhcpcd and get one just fine, so the card
> seems to be working well. I also boot WinXP, Gentoo 1.4 and Lindows with no
> problem, so it seems to be a Mandrake 9.1 issue. I've run the network wizard
> in MCC a
> hundred times (OK maybe I'm exaggerating a bit) and even linuxconf shows the
> correct info already (it knows the dns servers too). I've also toggled Pnp
> in BIOS with no changes. I'm stumped, any ideas
> are appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
I have one of those cards also, but it's sitting on the
sidelines as of now. Boots up fine then for some reason unknown
to myself, the card once worked; ML 8.2, RH 9.0, SuSE 8.2, then
no more. It has a Broadcom 5904 chipset. Try to ifconfig, arp,
netstat(s), to see if your packets go anywhere if that helps.