Three things
What are you using Cross over or straight CAT 5?
Have you a dash on your box, EVOX, AVA, UNLEASHX? Other than the boot disk
Why do you have to put the slayers disk in to get to FTP?
Once the dash is booted you should be able to navigate to the network settings, On EVOX V+3935 this can be found from scrolling down to system management, then selecting system settings.
SETUP NETWORK YES
USE STATIC IP YES
IP **********(add your own)
SUBNETMASK **********(add your own)
DEFAULT GATEWAY **********(whatever your router IP gateway is)
DNS Leave Blank
DNS Leave Blank
Setup Delay 5
Skip Setup if No link YES
In EVOX scroll over each of the options above, press the “A” button and change it to your desired settings
Once done and all the settings are to your liking then scroll down to the bottom of the page and select SAVE AND EXIT, press the “A”button to confirm.