Mandrake 9.2 networking problem

I just installed a clean Mandrake 9.2

I am having difficulty getting my network connection working. It worked
perfectly with Mandrake 9.1

My system has two ethernet cards and the proper modules are loaded for both.
On eth0 which is set with a static IP for a future local network, and eth1
which is connectted to a Linksys DHCP server which assigns an IP address.

The DHCP works correctly for all windows based machines connected to it.

eth0 uses tulip module and eth1 uses e1000.

/sbin/ifconfig produces:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A7:25:F0:4C
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x9000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:ED:78:A7:00
inet addr:192.168.1.112 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:9 Base address:0x9c00 Memory:f3000000-f3020000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:400 (400.0 b) TX bytes:400 (400.0 b)

No IP address is assigned.

My /etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 file contains:

DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
IPADDR=
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
ONBOOT=YES
NEEDHOSTNAME=NO

my /etc/resolve.conf file contains:

nameserver 192.168.1.1

The file /etc/dhclient.conf is empty, as is the /etc/dhcpc/ directory.

/etc/sysconfig/network contains:

NETWORKING=YES

The DHCP server's address is 192.168.1.1

If I ping 192.168.1.1 the results are:

[root@localhost jubenvi]# ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.112 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.112 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.112 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable


When making any changes in drakconnect, zcip is always installed. This an
ad-havoc package for what I thought was for wireless access, so I don't know
if this causes any problems.

If I switch the roles of the ethernet cards around, I still have the same
problem. If I connect another computer with a static IP using a crossover
cable, I am to ping the other machine fine. So I think faulty ethernet cards
can be ruled out.

Any help appreciated.