Hi,

I am a very newbie in linux. So...

I have got a KNOPPIX 3.3 and trying to paly with it.
First and biggest problem concerns a network connection.
I have HomePNA 1.1 to USB adapter which connects me to the inet. Windows uses DHCP.

In knoppix I cannot get network running.

This is what ifconfig tells:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:BE:10:12:42
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:1368 (1.3 KiB)

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:84:9E:19:F9
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:1026 (1.0 KiB)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:300 (300.0 b) TX bytes:300 (300.0 b)

eth0's HWaddr matches the address written on the adaptor., So I suppose that knoppix is able to work with the HW.

I tried to use network card configuration utility from main menu and answered yes to use DHCP. After few seconds computer stuck with CapsLock and ScrollLock blinking about twice per second. What does this mean?

I saw references to the dchpcd command somewhere in this forum, but if I issue this command it cannot find it.

Does anybody have the same configuration or could you please help me?

Thank you in advance,
Roman.

I found some info on knoppix network setup here:

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=38129

there is a /etc/network/interfaces example, you can remove the
address line and change static to dhcp to use dhcp instead of static
IP address.

You can use similar setup for eth0 and eth1, but you must have both interfaces on different networks if you want to use them at the same time.

Another URL with examples:
http://www.physics.ubc.ca/mbelab/com...tallation.html

This is the first I have heard of HomePNA, what is the make and model of the USB device?

This is a device:
http://www.citynetek.com/support/support_cn201_sub.htm

I suppose that knoppix cannot support it at all. I'll try to buy and use a PCI version of HomePNA adaptor. Let's see...

Anyway, thatnks for your effort.

Roman.