I have a Cobalt RAQ2 Webserver that I am trying to setup on a college
campus network.  The webserver is located on North Carolina State
University's campus and is attached to a network which assigns IP
addresses automatically.  The RAQ2 is supposed to be directly behind a
router that assigns an IP address to it specifically.  The RAQ2 does
not search for an IP but has a way to input the IP address manually. 
Is there a way that I can setup the webserver if I do not know what IP
address the network is going to automatically assign to the server?

You could set up the DHCP server that would normally assign your raq
server an ip, to not assing a particular ip you would like to use. For
instance, if the school's automatic assignment would normally assing a
range between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.254, you could "squat" on an
address that is not being used, for instance 192.168.0.250, and then
inform the dhcp server not to automatically assign that address to
anyone.

The problem is that I don't have access to change the DHCP server. 
The way this network works is it assigns an ip directly to a MAC
address so even if you change places of the webserver it would
maintain the same IP but I don't know what the IP is that was assigned
to it by the network.  Thanks.

if you have access to a router (such as linksys) ythat has mac address
cloning, you could do a workaround. One workaround is to set the
linksys router to the same mac address as the nic in your server, and
set it to query the dhcp server for an ip address. You then find out
what ip address was assigned to the linksys router. You would then set
this ip address to be used by your server, and disconnect the router
from the network. this way, no other computer would be assigned this
ip... until the dhcp entry expires. In most configurations, expiration
happens every 30 days unless you renew your lease. meaning you would
have to do this trick once a month... not a good idea I would say. If
you wanted to, you could leave the linksys router always connected
between your server and your network, and set the server to reside in
the dmz zone. then, the linksys would take care of getting the ip
address for the server, and nothing would be blocked because the only
computer on the other side of the router is your server sitting in the
dmz.

Thanks.  I have a Linksys router that I let a friend borrow and I will
work on trying to get it back but in the mean time I am open for any
other suggestions.  Thanks.