a few quick pointers:
shows what info every network interfaces has in your machine, I'd look for
eth0 or
ppp0 or similar
If the first command gives no info on eth0 or equivalent, then it's the configuration of the ethernet card that isn't correct, a simple
could be what is keeping you away, else it's upto you to configure your interface, I have no knowledge of what tools knopix provides, simply because I dont use it and never has, but it's a distro which should automaticaly check and configure everything at bootup, so theres not much to it, as far as I recall.
Code:
~ > cat /etc/resolv.conf
will show if the DNS servers has been set correct.
Code:
~ > ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
has helped alot of people, I'd start with the IP's given from your windows info, first default gateway, if that fails you're dead, else DHCP-server, if that fails you can't renew your current IP, and you migh be OK for now, then DNS1 then DNS2, if they fail you can't resolve internet names like
Quote:
~> host ibm.com
ibm.com has address 129.42.16.99
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which tells your machine what IP the human readable name has, so it knows where to contact.
If they all are OK, the I'll try with
Code:
~ > traceroute <some ip or domain>
that'll show where in your current apparently "live" connection it fails. It might be your ISP accesspoint or the domain your trying to contact that simply isn't responding.