Quote Originally Posted by briancm
I have been working with DOS, Windows 3.1 to XP, for many years ...
Note: download speed makes a defference on the ISO image quality).
It absolutely does not. If the md5 sum matches the download is good. If it doesn't match it's bad. Period. End of story. It doesn't matter how fast the bits get to you, at least not as far as ISO image quality is concerned. We do see lots more problems downloading the ISO from a mirror than with BitTorrent, and if you are on dial up and get frequent disconnects, have line noise, or kids that pick up the phone these could contribute to problems, but it is misleading to say that the download speed is a factor.

Quote Originally Posted by briancm
When I set up the card Knoppix menus I say no to DHCP (don't have it) and put in all other info. IP, Netmask, etc.
It always says "UNREACHABLE"

In console I type LSPCI -V and it shows eth1 has the 3Com information. So, I think Knoppix sees the card.

In console I type Ifconfig -a and it shows Inet and Inet6. That appears to me it has the right protocol (INET = TCP/IP)

I cannot ping my gateway.

I did download drivers for the card and put on floppy, but don't know if I need them and if I do, I can't seem to get to files on the disk. I see folders, but no files. ???

So, I hope there is enough info. here to point me in the right direction. Thanks for any help.
It just seems I am missing some little point here and can't seem to find it.
As for the second half of this, see answer #3. How do you expect us to tell you what is wrong with your input when we don't know what you input or much about the system you are connecting to?