Thanks for all your help but i re-ran the netcard config as above but with no better results.
Afterwards ifconfig gave the following;
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eth0      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-11-06-00-00-00-38-1A-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30 errors:2 dropped:2 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:1080 (1.0 KiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:3672 (3.5 KiB)  TX bytes:3672 (3.5 KiB)
i then tried to ping to the internet and this gave the following;
Code:
PING 216.32.81.146 (216.32.81.146) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=8 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=9 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 216.32.81.146 ping statistics ---
12 packets transmitted, 0 received, +9 errors, 100% packet loss, time 11076ms
, pipe 3
also i couldnt get access to the router via Konquerer using http://192.168.1.1


i've had a look while running xp and ipconfig gives;
Code:
Windows IP Configuration   
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:          
Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : home         
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2         
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0         
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Other info i've got from the router is :


Code:
LAN IP Address 192.168.1.1  
 Default Gateway 217.47.67.142  
 Primary DNS Server 194.74.65.69  
 Secondary DNS Server 62.6.40.178  
   
 Firmware Version 3.01z  
 Boot Loader Version 1.0.37-21.6.11  
 ADSL Driver Version A2pB018c1.d16d  
 Ethernet MAC Address 00:16:E3:64:79:12
i also tried putting this gateway ip when running knoppix with no better results.

I'm sure i should be able to get to the internet while running knoppix, as all the lights on the router indicates that the connection is on.

If theres any other info i can supply to help solve my problems please let me know, otherwise i'm a bit stuck!

Thanks in advance.