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i have no idea would it make a difference?

well the internet is not working at all unknown host is what i get when i try to access any website my ip is static , its assigned by the network admin in school i live on school campus so we get free LAN connection to the net when i do the ifconfig eth0 it gives me the same hardware address under xp so it recognize my ethernet card when i reboot with DHCP and assign the command ifconfig eth0 it gives me eth 0 : with no ip address eth0: 9 <-- ? with an ip address of 127.255.255.255 and my lo man this is sooo confusing, even the network admin in school didnt know how to help me, probably because we dont have many linux users in school when i run the network wizard under kde the dhcp client, do i put the same address i have under ipconfig / DHCP server??? or leave it blank?? im sooooooooooooooooooo confused

thx danleff for replying the cable is connected throw a router and mdrk have detected my ethernet card VIA Technology "VT6102 Rhine II" and its onboard when i set it to auto detect my connection using DHCP, it gives me this weired ip address 127.255.255.255

hellooo everyone im using LAN to connect to the internet under my XP i tried so disparatly to connect my Mandrake 9.2 to the internet but it wont connect at all these are my infos from ipconfig under XP *************************************** Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cen.asu.edu Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA PCI 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapt Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-2C-05-FE-3F Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 155.91.164.51 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 155.91.165.254 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 155.91.28.204 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 155.91.210.204 155.91.210.252 150.199.101.1 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 155.91.210.103 Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 155.91.210.116 ******************************************* i know that im suppose to use DHCP but im confused with the DHCP client box in mandrake..should i put that number under DHCP server "155.91.28.204" or what should i do i really need some good help guys as a reminder .. im a newBIE