Fedora 8 on intel atom device using live image burn with unetboot

I'm new in LINUX, and I've been installing fedora 8 live image on intel atom based cpu ( installed on the harddrive, not usbstick)

I have a running internet connection (router, Windows based PC, and want to add a Linux pc ), why can't I connect to the internet ? the eth0 is working , can ping to 127.0.0.1, the cables are good ( ive tried them on other pc ) ..

I've also tried to add ipaddr and route add from root shell but I still can't connect to the internet , and ( Maybe (as-far-as ) as I remembered, I can have internet connection while using persistent overlay setup )

the ifconfig commands shows that i have a large ammount of dropped RX packets, and ethtool eth0 commands shows that I have

PHYAD : 0
current message level : 0x00000033 ( 51) , link detected : no

can anyone help or suggest anything ?