[COMP] NIC Problems in Linux

I've got a system that I just loaded Slackware 7.0 on.  It originally 
had Win 95 on it and the NIC worked fine.  But now, Linux finds the 
card (a D-Link DFE 530tx), but sees that it has an incorrect hardware 
address.  For some reason, Linux sees the address as 83:(blah) when 
the actual address is 00:(same blah).  I've checked the D-Link 
site and it says to use the via-rhine driver and that driver finds 
the card just fine.  I'm at a university, so all the IP's are 
assigned via DHCP by hardware address.  Therefore, the incorrect 
address is preventing me from getting an IP.  I have tried manually 
assigning the IP since I know what the DHCP will give it, but that 
doesn't seem to work either. Would this incorrect hardware address 
prevent correct I/O from the card to the rest of the system?
Any ideas?

Thanks,
Tim
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