Hello all,

I want to start out by admitting that I am a complete noob to Linux. Knoppix has been recommended by others as a good starting point, so I wanted to give it a shot. Fortunately the boot process seems to work out just fine, but once I am in Knoppix, I am totally overwhelmed. I think the first step I would like to do is get my internet working through Linux, so I can browse newbie tutorials on the web while using Knoppix. I have seen Answer #3 a lot, so I will try to provide as much information as possible.

"If you were referenced to answer #3, it's most likely because you want network help, but have omitted critical information about your network, like what NIC hardware you are using, what router (make and model), or even what type of service you have (DSL is different than cable, we need to know if we are going to help). It also helps if you give people the result of simple basic commands, like netcardconfig. If your response has USB in it anywhere someone may still help you, but I will not be responding. USB is an awful technology to mix with networking and causes awful problems. If your ISP provided USB equipment, insist on true ethernet interfaces instead."

My laptop is an IBM T41p with the 2373GEU configuration. I have two network adaptors available on my laptop. In my device manager, the wireless card is labled "11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adaptor". IBM's website lists it as "ThinkPad High Rate 802.11a/b/g Wireless". The ethernet card is labled as "Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Mobile Connection" in device manager, and as "1Gb Ethernet installed on systems via the system board" by IBM's website. I am running my computer through a Belkin Pre-N router utilizing dhcp which then connects to a Motorola cable modem provided by Atlantic Broadband. I do not use a proxy server in Firefox (when running windows), but rather a direct connection to the internet. I will have to go try netcardconfig the next time I boot into Knoppix, but when I tried other commands, like pumping, last time it told me I could only perform them as root. I do not know how to log in as root, so hopefully netcardconfig will work. By the way, the loadup screen did say it had configured eth0 and eth1, so the hardware configuration might be ok. I'll go do the netcardconfig right now and will report back once I have returned to windows.