slackware and speakup with dsl question

[Nick Gawronski]

Hi, I have installed slackware 8.1 with the speakup.i kernel and I have a
intel express pro 100 network card but the netconfig program can't find it
and I can't find the epro100 module.  I am connected by dsl so I can't use
pppd to connect and download stuff.  Are there network modules or how can I
go about getting my linux system connected to the internet?  I am also
running windows 98 SE.  bye