How is your cable modem connected to your computer?
Is it connected via a LAN cable (looks like a phone cable with a bigger jack), or is it connected via a USB cable?
LAN Cable at the moment, although the modem can do either, so I can switch to USB if that would help.
I tried leaving the modem off fro 10 minutes, then turning it on and booting into DSL; I also tried leaving the modem off for 10 minutes, booting DSL and then turning on the modem. Either way it gives me a DNS error when ever I try to open a web page.
I'm using Knoppix 3.6 right now, with no problems, and I tried an older version earlier that was able to pull up webpages without trouble as well.Hmm...
LAN cable is usually the best approach. Most cable modems use DHCP (Obtain IP address automatically) for their Internet settings.
Do you get a message during bootup about detecting a network card?
You may be able to get further information about your network card by typing:
dmesg | more
inside an xterminal. Look for anything mentioned about network or eth0
If so, you may be able to get networking up and running by choosing netcardconfig from the control panel.
Also, you can check to see if you are on the network by typing:
ping 207.46.245.156 (microsofts web site) and see if you get a response.I tried ping 207.46.245.156, and the terminal said: PING 207.46.245.156 (207.46.245.156): 56 data bytes. After a while, I "Control-C" and got this: --- 207.46.245.156 ping statistics --- 20 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss. --- I'm online, so I wonder if Microsoft won't let us DSL users do that. --- OK, then let's try the www.yahoo.com web site instead:
