I've been working at getting Knoppix set up on my shops network (windows). I've went thru the various FAQs and tutorials at Knoppix.net and have hit several dead ends.

So far, I can connect to my local network, I can connect to the internet thru proxy server, I can connect to my IBM iSeries (AS400) and use the basic telnet (is tn5250 on the cd? how to find?), I can connect and print to my IBM InfoPrint (network attached). I am using the Save Configuration floppy to restart with each time I get something else added.

I was trying to get the remote boot working. http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/FaqPXE I follwed the steps in the FAQ PXE to try to connect with terminal server. I am using two identical Dell GX1's with onboard 3com nics w/PXE bootable. They are not directly connected, but thru the network (may be my problem?) The second one cannot "get an IP address from DHCP server" . Am I missing something in the network config of Knoppix/terminal server/networking or is there a potential conflict with some other Windows computer running DHCP that's answering first?

I am also trying to get Samba working to connect to my windows networking shares. Once again, I followed the directions in the FAQ Samba Quick document. http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/FaqSambaQuick The first part to share the knoppix session worked perfectly following the instructions! The other direction I could not complete the instructions. The final mount line in the FAQ would not work. I kept getting a mount error. I read thru what it listed and some man pages, and that part of the command worked OK. I changed the "smbfs -u..." part and that caused a different Samba-related error because I didn't specify the user/password to connect.
What's going on here? Any help would be appreciated!
thanks!