Sorry if this sounds like a dumbo question.

I've installed SuSE on the PC and attached it to router. When it starts up, it doesn't pick up its IP address, because I don't see an entry in the router's LAN address table.

On the router, I've set the LAN domain name to "home.com".

On the linux box itself, as root, I went into YaST->Network Services->DNS and Hostname. There, I specified the configuration

Hostname : HP7510
Domain : home.com (same as the router)

I noticed on this page that the Name Servers and Domain Search List are set to my ISP's DNS servers' IP addresses, and not to the router's. Is this correct?

I then went into YaST->Network Services->Hostnames, and noticed that the configuration was:

loopback : 127.0.01
HP7510.home.com : 127.0.0.2

Finally, when I went to YaST->Network Devices->Network Card, the card's configuration is:

IP address assigned using DHCP
Started automatically at boot

The question is, why doesn't the box use DHCP to pick up an address from the router? I know the router is OK, since it works perfectly with the Windows box attached to it.

Hoping for help...
Paul

check whether dhcpd service is up and check network config to use dhcp server and the address of dhcp server is the IP address of the dhcp server instead of name.

SuSE is very meticulous in getting it all to perform well. YaST2 is excellence in software, and the price for that high quality is to be "eyes open" when answering the configuration files requests for data. On some of the setup tabs; the scroll bars need to be utilized, and the advanced questions answered correctly with specific data for YOUR system. No flaming intended, this application needs complete attention and accuracy. At the end of the setup during install from CD-ROM, a test is offered for internet access spontaneously. By choosing this test, instant feed-back is available to trouble-shoot the setup before rebooting. Saving the correct Networking data, rather than having to re-configure after failing to go online. IMHO it is worthwhile to use this test.