is there a way to tell the DHCP on the router that i want to be a specific IP address. like 192.168.1.100 all the time

Sure; how to do it depends on the software / firmware of your specific router. On my Netgear MR814 there's a setting somewhere in the web menus to reserve specific ip addresses for specific macs (ethernet hardware addresses); I'm not at the box now so I can't tell you exactly which submenu it's under. I assume most routers can do this.

there is no option like that on my linksys wrt54g, but there is a way to do it on the computers end, i had it done in slackware, but i had to edit a specific file... i just dont remember which file...

does anyone know where the rc.inet files are in suse?

I did a "whereis rc.inet" and found some rc. files in /etc. I can't find an rc.inet on my 10.0 but did come across the following that might be helpful:
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"cat /etc/rc.d.README"

Some people expect the system startup scripts in /etc/rc.d/. We use a slightly different structure for better LSB compliance. You can find the equivalent files in /etc/init.d/. The behavior of the scripts can be configured in the files below the directory /etc/sysconfig/.

For detailed information please have a look into the SuSE Linux manual. If you don't have a printed manual, you can find the electronic version in /docu on the first CDROM or in the package 'books.rpm'.

You may also want to read /etc/init.d/README for more information.

well, i still have the same problem, but i think im coming close to figuring it out... from what i see, it looks like in the /etc/sysconfig/network directory it will create a file according to your networks card mac address, for example, something like this ifcfg-eth-id-00:11:22:33:44:55 and the contents of this file looks like what you would do to config the network according ot the above post.

linux:/etc/sysconfig/network # cat ifcfg-eth-id-00\:11\:5b\:f5\:53\:cd
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
BROADCAST=''
IPADDR=''
MTU=''
NAME='Elitegroup CK804 Ethernet Controller'
NETMASK='255.255.255.0'
NETWORK=''
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='auto'
UNIQUE='rBUF.R4Y_muT6PpA'
USERCONTROL='no'
_nm_name='bus-pci-0000:00:0a.0'

but i cant figure out how to change it to set the IP address, and it is not the exact format as shown in that other post... another thing i found was in yast->network devices->network card you can cofigure to a static IP, i havent tried it yet, but that may work.

***UPDATE***
ok, i figured out how to do it through yast.
1. yast->network devices->network card
2. click 'edit' on your specific card
3. change option to 'static ip' enter your wanted IP, and put '225.225.225.0' for subnet mask
4. click routing
5. enter '192.168.1.1' for default gateway
6. click 'ok' then click 'next' to save

this should work as long as your router is configured like linksys are... if your using a different type of router, or messed with the settings, youc an look at status to get the gateway, and subnet mask


***update***
nevermind, this did not work after i rebooted my computer. anyone know why?

I think while you are in the edit box for your card you have to click on Host Name and Name Server and then add your ISPs DNS server addresses in Name Server 1 and Name Server 2 and that will add those addresses into the /etc/resolv.conf file. That's what I have to do anyway, I'm pretty new to networking though, but it works for me.

the dns servers are already in there, and tehy are correct

Is there any comments in the /etc/resolv.conf file about a service that might be modifying the DNS information? After reboot did you check the /etc/resolv.conf file to make sure the DNS servers were listed in there correct?

Also, if you want to have a static IP address for all your machines on that router you can probably just turn off DHCP in the router control panel and then configure your network cards with yast like you did above.