ok, scratch that. just figured out it was a problem with kernel.
Downloaded this one:
[url]http://www.davidouwinga.com/bzImage.zip[/url]
from this post: [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/dell-2330-all-in-one-network-issue.1054/[/url]
many thanks to DaveO!!!

Hi,

I have pretty much the same problem.
Dell Vostro 3360.
When trying to register (quick registration) I get “attempting to register host” that never ends.
Trying the debug I got to the prompt and doing ifconfig only shows local interface (127.0.0.1),
which is very weird since It did load the kernel and all.
Pinging anything results in “network is unreachable”.
Tried 3.69 and 3.88 kernels.
Any suggestions?

thanks