After three days and being totaly new to linux i have managed on my own to resolve the eth0 nic situation succesfully.
However my situation now falls in the dsl department.
here is what happened:
localhost pppd[4675]
ap authentication failed.
session 1304 terminated - received PADT from peer.
localhost pppd[3789]:tcflush failed:input/output error.
any light on the situation would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Wolf