You guys are going to kill me!

I was fiddling around with the internet configuration for my desktop computer and noticed that my user name for my connection was different than the one I entered into the "PPPOE/ADSL configuration" tool. So, upon booting back into Knoppix on the laptop and running the tool, lo and behold the internet works!!

I am a complete idiot, and I'm really really sorry for wasting your time. However, please take some solice in the fact that I'm less afraid of the command line

I appologize again. m(_ _)m

You can rest assured, though, that I will probably be back here in the future with some new problem to sort out...so you'll know to either avoid the thread I post or first suggest the most simple answer you can think of!!

Thank you, windos_no_thanks and Stephen, for your help.

Matt