Welll that sounds "ideal" Harry Kuhman but its not possible, or maybe what you wrote misslead me but i read "boot Knoppix and you are on the network and Internet with absolutely no setup at all" and im guessing you just plug it on the USB port instead of using the ethernet card (that i can do to test if it works like that and if it works and this is prob what u ment it will recognize my hardware right away) then after that ??? im olso guessing that it will ask me for the ips i gave you above? Dont get me wrong i think KNOPPIX is the best linux ever specially if you are trying hard to learn some basics. I will look into the bunch of cables that i have to see if i find the conection to change it from Router->Ethernet to Router->USB port.