Quote Originally Posted by abugarcias
II have racked my brain trying to come up with an explanation and can't....any thoughts or suggestions? It is a netgear wireless router with 4 wired ports 2 of which are being used (one for knoppix system and the other for the computer) and it's DHCP.

Open a console and type:
rec9140@ricksknoppix:~$ joe /etc/resolv.conf

When the editor comes up

you should see:

search ij.net
nameserver 207.22.166.61
nameserver 207.22.166.2

Change the lines with NAMESERVER to be what your DNS servers for your ISP are.

If your not sure of the the dns

Go to that other os and do START RUN CMD (hit enter)

c:> ifconfig /all

In the text that scrolls by will be your DNS servers.

As a last resort just use the IP of your router, most routers will act as a DNS proxy and forward it on to the ISP.

After you chage the DNS settings in joe hit CTRL-K then X to save the changes.

See if you then can find sites on the internet by names ie: http://www.knoppix.net