Where is a Debian network setup site?

I was given a new Shuttle XPC AMD64 as a present. I would have preferred
a box that was built using a tested Linux hardware list, but I wasn't
about to complain about receiving what is really a neat box and a real
screamer.

By the way, I am fairly new to Linux.

Debian 3.1 loads just fine, everything works - sound, video, DVD. Except
for the network card. I get connect lights on the switch when connected,
I can ping my local address (192.168.0.3), ifup and ifdown works. But I
get no activity on the network and XP (at 192.168.0.2) can't ping it or be
pinged by it. As a test, I loaded a base XP on it and the network
hardware worked just fine. Then I discovered that Knoppix, which appears
to be made out of Debian, will work also. So - wrong/bad/invalid network
driver, I assume? The only logs I can find are in Dmesg and they only say
that the card was bound and eth0 was started. Appears that Debian thinks
that everything is working fine.

I have a bunch of old Redhat books that I bought on the surplus table for
peanuts and a new Debian 3.1 bible. They are great for general
information but I found out real quick that Red Hat is not setup like
Debian (I thought Linux was Linux, but that is a question for another
time) and my Debian manual is great for usage, but has very little on
configuration. I know about man pages, but there are about a billion of
them and the one thing that is apparent is that they were not meant for
beginning tutorials. The other problem is my rural dialup line makes
googling a real chore at about an 18k speed. (I get a kick out of people
who complain about their "oversold" broadband that only gets about 200k -
I will trade connections anytime:)

So... Can anyone point me to a good Debian network
configuration/networking site? Like how to get/recognise/remove/install a
network driver. And maybe how to pull the one off of the Knoppix
distribution and put it on the Debian install. Fortunately, at this point
if I wreak the machine, nothing is lost and experience is gained.

Thanks to all

Hagar (but not horrible)

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