Quote Originally Posted by iki
@ Harry:
..... but now eth0 auto-dhcp mode isn't working for me in Knoppix (the only distro in which I can't connect). So I'll try to fiddle something more and if not resolved I'll open another thread for it.
I saw you mention this in the news thread also, would very much like more information.

A number of years ago I did find one router that Knoppix would not DHCP handshake with properly, even though Windows would. ( A Belkin 802.11b router that Belkin never supported properly and never released firmware upgrades for, they phased it out for a different hardware platform that they did support). But the problem seemed to be the way the router did the dhcp handshake and that once they got it working with Windows they decided it was good to go and that it didn't really follow the DHCP protocol. All other routers that I have tried (including a newer Belkin) have worked fine.

I'm very disappointed with Knoppix 6.x so far, and have not run it much. (Quite honestly I see all 5.x versions as a step backwards from 4.02). But the little I have tried 6.x I have had no problem with Internet connections, and I always use a router.