Ethernet not working

[z751]

I am using the latest Knoppix from a dvd and my ethernet connection is not even seen by the system

[philo]

Have a look in:
Menu > System Tools > Network Tools

Also some useful reading:

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Knowing_Knoppix/Networking

[klaus2008]

my ethernet connection is not even seen by the system What does this mean?
Have you tried Firefox to use the internet? Is the network manager applet missing?