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can't get internet to work on Acer Aspire 5000I'v been playin around with the Knoppix live c.d. to see if debian is right for me, so far it's a pretty cool operating system but i just can't seem to get it to reognize my network card, can anyone give me anytips to work this problem out? Bookmark/Search this post with: 
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can't get internet to work
What card do you have?
If it's on-board or a PCI device you can find the PCI Bus ID and 'device string' using "lspci -v". Then you get the PCI Bus ID and VendorID:ProductID using "lspci -n" - then you match the two and post the relevant lines here. It's the VendorID:ProductID that is most important because that is what allows us to check for the driver you need.
If it's PCMCIA then you first need to get the PCMCIA drivers loaded, then 'lspci' will show the information for the network device.
Don't install Knoppix to HD - it was never meant to be installed to HD. If you want to install a Debian derivative later, have a look at 'Kubuntu'. Debian is good too, but if you're not already familiar with Linux/UNIX you'll spend forever trying to get your graphics working.