eldzis

hellou! i have one problem, i instaleed mandrake 10,0 and i have dls connection with dhcp and my provider gave me username and password, so when i try to acces internet on madndrake it says unknown host, i tried every configuration wizzard but i dont know what option to choose, i am newbie in linux, but i have running windows on that same pc and there i net works, i wnat to go completely to linux, but i need internet, so can anybody tell me how to configure my networking, by the way when i start my mandrake it says brinngig up interface eth0 [failed] can anyone help me?? sorry for bad spelling, and thank you for answers!!

i have ethernet card witch is connected to adsl modem i thnk so!!

nop i have an adsl terminal(i think that is what its called) and it is connected with my ethernet card in pc? i hav read in my mdsl users manual there was something about nic but, nothing more than an expleations was in that book? but what could mena that linux couldn`t bring up my eth0 interface????