Quote Originally Posted by elrak
riddle me this:
even " netcardconfig " doesn't work .
otherwise the machine performs great.
And the 2 nic's I've tried work with the live CD but not with the installation on the HD.
But even offline Knoppix is the best thing invented since sliced bread
Some commands you may want to try lsmod will list the loaded modules you can check to see if the module for the network card is loaded. ifconfig will tell you the current settings in use.

The settings for your network are kept in /etc/network/interfaces example configs:

For dhcp

Code:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
For static
Code:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.0.254
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.0.0
        broadcast 192.168.0.255
        gateway 192.168.0.1
/etc/resolv.conf contains your nameservers.

Code:
search wolf
nameserver 192.168.1.10
nameserver 192.168.1.34
After making changes in the files then /etc/init.d/networking restart will restart the network with the new settings. All commands as root in a console window.