I'm at a loss to know why Knoppix isn't setting you up by DHCP when it is booted, as this is the way it really should work, particularly when using some one else's router at an Internet cafe. The simple answer is that you would input the same numbers that you gave us by running netcardconfig and answering the DHCP question in the negative if answering it in the positive does not work. But, and this is important, the IP address that you listed very likely will not be the same IP address that you would get the next time that you go there. Assuming that this is a wired NIC and answering in the affarmative to the DHCP question does not work then you might try booting windows first and seeing what IP address you get at that moment and then trying to assign the same IP address to Knoppix. Another approach is that the router is likely handing out a subset of the 254 addresses that it has available and you might be able to determine a valid IP address outside of the common pool that is normally given out. If you can find the network guy who set up the router and told him that you were having DHCP problems he could likely help you with this, but it is more likely that you would get vacant stares from most of the cafe workers if you asked about DHSP and the IP range. The important thing here is not to assign an IP address that is already in use by another computer on the network at that point, which would cause problems for both you and the other user.