Quote Originally Posted by el_hefe
We have a network at home with 4 computers connected to 1 router (a SMC Barricade) that shares broadband internet. the network/internet is working well under windows but doesn't unde knoppix.


- i tried to run PPOEconf but ...
Your SMC box is taking care of all the PPPOE stuff for you, you do not need (or want) to use PPPOE on the Knopix system when you go through this network.

I just ran a test and Knoppix works fine with a SMC "Barricade" router. If you can't just boot up and get a DHCP connection, you might have some other problem (like the problem I've seen and reported here where other evil software seems to have deliberately reconfigured your NIC's EEPROM so Knoppix will fail). If you can't get to the network after a boot, try the following and report back your results:

From a shell, run ifconfig and report the settings

Ping 192.168.2.1 and see if you get a response

If you do get a ping back, try to open 192.168.2.1 with a browser and see if Knoppix can talk to the Router. Be sure that you haven't disabled this IP address from internet access or put time limits or other restrictions on it.

Try the commands sudo mii-tool -r and the netcardconfig from a shell prompt and see if that helps, try pinging 192.168.2.1 after the netcardconfig and check ifconfig again. You might also want to see what mii-tool tells you without the -r (reset) option.