Quote Originally Posted by akira28
My problem: DHCP fails when using netcardconfig. Card works fine under Windows XP.

My system: SOTEC laptop running Knoppix from CD.
ethernet card: SiS900 (notorious?).
Laptop is connected directly to modem (no router - yet)
What kind if modem? That's cruicial info.

I have unsuccessfully tried the following remedies found in this forum:
booting with noapic
ifconfig -a lists lo and eth0
Post the entier output of ifconfig -a please. Don't worry if you have a long post- details are good.

initial probe says: eth0 sis900 PCI fast ethernet at 0xd000, IRQ11...
modprobe sis900
Do lsmod

Here are two posts related to your NIC- dunno if they're going to be of any help.










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