Quote Originally Posted by NCSUfctl
I've plugged in the ethernet cable and the green light does not come on on my NIC card. .... When I ran netcardconfig, it failed.
Do you know the NIC in that computer is working at all? What is the NIC (make and model, and even firmware version if you have that)? In what way did netcardconfig fail? Were you doing a DHCP setup or a manual configuration? If manual do you have all the right settings, you would need more than just the IP address. Do you have to get a static IP assigned to you, or is there a DHCP server that will let the system auto-configure by DHCP (DHCP would be a better option if it's available)? What's the output of ifconfig? It's not clear to me what you thought we could tell you after you told us the ethernet light didn't even come on whithout this additional information.

Did you try Knoppix in the computer that you stole the ethernet cable from?