debian install problem with dhcp:

[S_D_Willie]

hey,

this shit really irks me. im installing debian woody and yet i cant get an ip adress from my linksys cable router. i load the 8139too module successfully but when it tries to use dhcp it says it failed. i try doing it staticallly and yet that still doesnt work. i know the card is good because im using it right now in windows on my primary drive. for the hell of it i even bypassed the router to rule that out and i had the same problem. this card works in mandrake and has worked in debian once before so im really baffled by this. any ideas?
thanks

SD

[Compunuts]

Try setting IRQ and IO addresses ... Sometime, some distro are good at picking things up and sometimes it depends on version to version.

My 3C509 card was doing okay in Red Hat 6.0 but when I upgraded to RH 7.1, it just couldn't get it to work.

[S_D_Willie]

same old same old. i tried changing irq's with no luck.

[redhead]

Check how it sends the dhcp request.. Is it pump or dhcpcd ?
If its dhcpcd, try with: dhcpcd -d -h your_hostname
And see if theres any wierd messages in /var/log/messages.

[S_D_Willie]

thanx for the suggestions. i had to set PNP to no in my bios.
i knew it was something stupid! 8)

SD