I'm totally new in the field of Linux, and just installed Mandrake 9.1 on a ext2 partition blabla, next to my FAT32 file / windows partitions. I booted linux without problems, but when I tried to make a connection with the internet it failed completely.

specs :
2 ethernet cards (eth0 / eth1 ?)
Cable (telenet - Belgium)
proxy.pandora.be port 8080
auto script: pac.pandora.be:8080

I tried to fill in these properties in the browser but that failed miserably . Every time the connection attempt failed.

Hello,

I have a similar setup to yours..........cable modem, 2 nics / "home network" etc.............when I installed Mandrake 9.1 it asked me to configure the inetrnet, I did so on EthO0, this is the NIC directly connected to my ISP / Hub, dual partition here as well.

Try going into Windows to a prompt and type IPconfig, this should tell you the NIC which is connected to the outside internet, your second NIC I presume will have a private address of 192.168.0.2 or some such. I do not use a "Proxy" server or Script on my machine to access the net by the way............

HTH
Will

eth0 is my internet connection...practically sure of that, because I recognize the codename of the cards. Anyway, when I configure the internet they ask to fill out the ethernet - thingie twice, once for the eth0, and once for the 1.