Hi,

I am new to this forum and fairly new to linux. I have been trying out the live DVD on an XP centrino laptop which has on board ethernet (and a wireless connection to our work server). When I boot up the laptop into windows I can just plug the ethernet cable into it and browse the net through a Netcomm Ethernet Plus 4 Modem Router.
I am sending this post from another linux machine (Mandrake 10.1) using the same modem router.
My problem is I cannot browse the internet at all from the Knoppix live DVD.
When I access the modem from the Mandrake machine by entering 192.168.1.1 I get the following output :

Home Page

BootCode Version: BC_CX82xxx_4.1.0.28
Firmware Version: CX82xxx_4.1.0.38
Customer Software Version: NB1300_6_1038_1SD

WAN

IP Address Subnet Mask MAC Address
203.214.53.86 255.255.255.0 00:09:F3:08:4F:7B
Home Page

BootCode Version: BC_CX82xxx_4.1.0.28
Firmware Version: CX82xxx_4.1.0.38
Customer Software Version: NB1300_6_1038_1SD

WAN

IP Address Subnet Mask MAC Address
203.214.53.86 255.255.255.0 00:09:F3:08:4F:7B

LAN

IP Address Subnet Mask MAC Address
192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 00:09:F3:08:4F:7A
192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 00:09:F3:08:4F:7A

Total Number of Lan Interfaces: 1Total Number of Lan Interfaces: 1

Number of ethernet devices connected to the DHCP server: 2

IP Address MAC Address
1 192.168.1.10 00:40:CA:C0:CD:16
2 192.168.1.5 00:01:02:00:28:A9

Ethernet Link Status: UP

USB Link Status: DOWNNumber of ethernet devices connected to the DHCP server: 2

IP Address MAC Address
1 192.168.1.10 00:40:CA:C0:CD:16
2 192.168.1.5 00:01:02:00:28:A9

Ethernet Link Status: UP

USB Link Status: DOWN

From a terminal on the Knoppix live DVD
I can ping 192.168.1.1
0% packet loss
I cant ping 192.168.1.5 because its firewalled
I can ping knoppix.net
0% packet loss

If I run ifconfig on the laptop I get amongst other things :-

eth0 inet addr: 192.168.10 Bcast: 255.255.255.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST mtu:64 METRIC:1

lo inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask 255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: :: 1/128 Scope Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU: 16436 Metric 1

If I try running netcardconfig = DHCP broadcast from device eth0Operation failed. FAILED. Hit return to exit.
Then try to ping 192.168.1.1 (the modem router) I get
connect: Network is unreachable

Finally I can browse the internet from a live Knoppix 4.0.2 live CD form the laptop - likewise Mepis Live CD

I really would like to use the live Knoppix 5 live DVD on this laptop (because more is better )

Can anyone help get me surfing from the live DVD please.