On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 04:05:04PM -0600, djgoku wrote:
may not be able to use the networking part, but I guess you could just try pinging 127.0.0.1.
But note that pinging the 127.0.0.1 address will most likely use the loopback device (lo) rather than an ethernet or wireless device. In fact, you could ping 192.0.0.1 successfully on a machine with no physical networking devices. A better alternative when using Knoppix would be to let it auto-detect, and then run /sbin/ifconfig to see if it gives you an eth0, eth1, wifi0, wlan0 or similar. If that doesn't work, try running lspci and lspci -v to get a good listing of pci info.
To the original poster, if you're looking for rugged portability, you might also look into the Panasonic ToughBook line. The added benefit is that their repair center is in Leawood, so definitely a quick return time from the metro area.
http://www.panasonic.com/computer/toughbook/home.asp http://www.heartlandsi.com
Jeremy