Apart my pb with glibc, I really need real fast to set up DHCP now as I'm fed up with d/loading and burning on a RW CD the packages I need. I have already set up the onboard LAN controller and ifconfig says it's OK.

Now, how about DHCP ? A good link or a neat way to do this? I've already checked dhclient manpages but to no avail. I'm not even sure what is the best and/or last release of DHCP.

Check out a package called etherconf. It provides a nice debconf interface to configure your network card and will call dhcp-client if necessary, which in your case, it is.

Unfortunately, it still doesn't solve the pb.

ifconfig says lo & eth0 are there. Unfortunately, eth0 didn't get any IP address at all.

I think the pb come from my conf files. But I don't know which ones !

As for now, I checked /etc/network/interfaces. It's written as follows :
#begin
auto lo eth0

iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet dhcp
hostname myfakehost
#end

/etc/resolv.conf is as follows :
#begin
search myfai.net
nameserver xxx.xxx1
nameserver xxx.xxx2
#end

During install, I set the box as myfakehost.myfakedomain.net. Maybe I should remove that setting but in which conf file are they set?

I also have the FAI's DHCP server IP address. Where can I tell it to my dhcp client ??

Now, any other file I should check ??

Can anyone list all relevant dhcp-client conf files and their purpose ?

Take a look in /etc/dhclient.conf. Try uncommenting "require routers, domain-name-servers". If that doesn't help try uncommenting the line that requests everything from the dhcp server.

OK guys .. thanx for all ur help ....

Got it working with dhcp3-client !!!!

Now, my pb is I can't ping www.xxx.yyy from a normal user account !!