can't get ip address from linksys router in mandrake 8.1

[noninterleaved]

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!

 

[me19562]

if u set a static tcpip config all works fine?