DHCP request fails on pcmcia

I am using an 8480-wd wireless card with oem driver in an ndis wrapper. I have tried three cards and all fail the DHCP request. everything is ok in my iwconfig for etho except the Link Quality ( 0/94 ).

I believe this dmesg error is the source of my problems.

BIOS-e820 0000000000000000fff0000 - 000000000fffffc0 (acpi data)
BIOS-e820 0000000000000000fff00c0 - 0000000010000000 (ACPI NVS data)
acpi: RSDP (v000 0ID_00 ) @ 0x000f0010
ACPI: RSDT (v001 0ID_00 RSDT_000 0x30303030 <90>& 0x00010000) @ 0x0ffffbd0
ACPI: FADT (v001 0ID_00 facp_000 0x30303030 <90>& 0x00010000) @ 0x0xfffb20
ACPI: BOOT (v001 0ID_00 Boot_000 0x30303030 <90>& 0x00010000) @ 0x0ffffba0
ACPI: DSDT (v001 INT440 SYSFexxx 0x00001001 MSFT 0x1000000b) @ 0x00000000
ACPI: vendor "int440" system "sysfexxx" Revision 0x1001 has a known ACPI Bios problem.
ACPI: Reason: Does not use _reg to protect ec 0Regions. This a non-recoverable error
ACPI: Disabling acpi support
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20050309
ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
pnp: pnp acpi: disabled

I have irq errors on a pci device irq 11 and 10, as well but got tired of typing the above.
I can't copy and paste from a root window yet.
Compaq 80xl500 notebook
dual boot with win 2k
knoppix 4.0 kernel 2.6.12

I ran across another post with the same error and he upgraded his kernel from knoppix 3.2
but I have a fairly new kernel and I believe it supports acpi but I'm not sure
oh and the wired network works fine using the same router


Can someone help me answer two questions.

How does this problem relate to the kernel.


Is it possible to recompile the kernel to work arround this?

I think I posted in the wrong fourm...sorry