lol... now ive confused you

one by one
I will try the command netcardconfig.from shell once im in knoppix again (im on xp)

Im in india. the way we have interet here is ... through lan. a really huge lan (1500ppl spread around many miles)
raspppoe - PPP over Ethernet protocol

btw..i googled around a bit

& found this i have the same lancard
Code:
> Today I installed an ethernet card. Unfortunately that card isn't found 
> by
> netcardconfig. How can I make the system find the card? How do I 
> configure it
> now?
>
> The chipset is a realtek 8139 and well recognized when I run Knoppix 
> from CD!
>
> Any tips welcome!
>
> Thank you
> Holger
& the solution

Code:
1. modprobe 8139too
2. ifconfig eth0 <ip-no> up
3. add a line in /etc/modules: 8139too to bring up network automatically

R. Severin
Might as well give this a shot too .. what say harry