powadha you are not alone.
Hopefully someone more experienced than me (almost anyone) will be able to shed some light on our delima. I have a laptop with Linspire (Lindows) with KDE 3.3.2 and as described in the KDE man, in the Control panel under 'Network' there is there is a listing for 'Network Settings & Profile'. There are tabs for TCP/IP, Wireless, and FIrewall with a dropdown selection for DHCP, Static, and PPPoE, and an 'Enable' checkbox.
I installed PC-BSD on my wife's laptop and luckily the Network and Internet were recognized because using KDE 3.4 there is no option listed for 'Network Settings & Profile' I can't find where to set DHCP, nor is there a place to set the Workgroup (MS) under the 'Local Network Browsing' option as there is in 3.3.2. No big deal 'cause it works fine.
However, I just bought a really nice new laptop (AMD64 with Gentoo preinstalled) and KDE 3.4. This one does not recognize the network or the Internet and I'll be damned if I can find a place to set the DHCP or the workgroup (except in Samba).
Is this an example of KDE being new and improved and less intuitive? Was the 'Network Settings & Profile' section moved somewhere else in 3.4?
Sorry for piggy backing on your question but maybe someone knows the answer for both of us. Any and all insight would be appreciated.
Thanks,
K.