Well, I found a Debien DVD $ uname -a Linux debian 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 (2018-03-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux and tried it to get the same result I was getting while using knoppix. To me it was really about the cable or the connector, because all I had to do was connecting the cable to a RJ45 port in the laptop to access the Internet. lbrtchx