Problem with connecting to Internet

[gemm]

Hello,

I have a problem connecting to Internet. I am using Slackware 12.0.0, KDE. When I go to Control Center --> Internet & Network --> Network Settings, a window pops up, stating:
"Your platform is not supported. You may choose one of the following supported platforms if you are sure your platform behaves the same as the chosen one. Please be sure, because your current network configuration could be damaged."

Then from all listed platforms I choose Slackware 10.0.0 (or 10.2.0). In the "Available Network Interfaces" there appears an entry with the following items:
Interface: eth0
IP Address: (here I write the necessary IP address)
Protocol: Manual (I write the IP address, Netmask, and Gateway here)
State: Disabled
Comment: Ethernet Network Device

The state continues to be disabled the whole time. I am doing this as root.

On my Windows partition I have internet connection with these data (IP address, ... etc) without problems.

Could you suggest where the problem might be, and what should I do?
Thank you.

[rishi_nandedkar]

Hi Gem,

why don t you install firefox (it will be tar) untar it ,then start it by using command firefox on shell.Give proper proxy setting ,this will work for you


thx
rishi nandedkar

[Rubberman]

It is possible that your network hardware is not supported out-of-the-box by slackware. From you message I presume it is a wired port? Is it a built-in or add-on ethernet port? If add-on, what make/model? If built-in, we need the chipset that it is using. Execute the command (as root):

lspci | grep -i net

and post the results here.