SUCCESS at last!!! I am now able to dial-up, connect to my ISP and surf the WWW.

Thanks to all who helped me. The instructions that MattT gave me along with the advice from AvidLinuxUser (thanks ALU) did the trick.

I am going to play with Knoppix for a couple of weeks then go for a full-blown Mankdrake distro. I'll really have the questions then!

Again, thanks to all who helped me. Never got the job done without you!