Hi guys I've been going nuts trying to get this to work to no avail maybe I'm missing something. Let me start off by saying that I'm a newbie in linux so bare with me if I miss something. I have an integrated Via RhineII (VT6102) ethernet card on my mobo. I cannot get internet to work booting from CD or HDD, last night my HDD burst into flames so I've been trying to get internet to run from Live-CD with no luck. I am NOT using a router, and my modem is Cable Motorola SBV5120 Surfboard.

pump -i eth0 shows failed.

ifconfig -a lists my ethernet card

lspci -v shows my ethernet card

lsmod shows mii used 1 via_rhine AND via_rhine used 0

I have tried acpi=off at boot and tried turning off apic in bios

netcardconfig fails with dhcp broadcast and if I manually enter values for IP SUBNET and GATEWAY I still cannot connect or ping anything.

If you need anything else in order to help please ask, I thank you in advance.