detecting the wireless card

[juggernak]

i'm a knoppix newbie....my problem is that knoppix failed to detect my wireless card (Linksys WMP54G). how do you configure this wireless card? what are the basic steps so that my wireless card will be detected and how would i know it? any help is greatly appreciated...thanks!

[BobHodgen]

Try This:
Click on the fat penguin next to the "K"
Click on "Network Internet"
Click on "Wavelan configuration"
fill in the blanks as they come up
you can leave them blank if you don't know
After running Wavelan
Click on the fat penguin next to the "K"
Click on "Network Internet"
Click on "Network Card Configuration"
Select either eth0 or eth1 (my wireless is eth0)
Select use dhcp broadcast? "yes"
the program should run and go away
If all went well, you are connected!

This works for me with my Sony centrino laptop (Z1RA)
I'm a real noob, there's probably a way to have it run these programs on startup, but I do this every time I start up and it gets me connected with wifi.

Bob

[juggernak]

Try This:
Click on the fat penguin next to the "K"
Click on "Network Internet"
Click on "Wavelan configuration"
fill in the blanks as they come up
you can leave them blank if you don't know
After running Wavelan
Click on the fat penguin next to the "K"
Click on "Network Internet"
Click on "Network Card Configuration"
Select either eth0 or eth1 (my wireless is eth0)
Select use dhcp broadcast? "yes"
the program should run and go away
If all went well, you are connected!

This works for me with my Sony centrino laptop (Z1RA)
I'm a real noob, there's probably a way to have it run these programs on startup, but I do this every time I start up and it gets me connected with wifi.

Bob



hi bob! thanks for the info, i tried your suggestion but an error message "dhcp failed" ... i also tried wavelan configuration but it told me that "no wireless card detected"....help...

[aay]

I have no idea if this card is supported, but you might want to try turning off encryption on your router for a bit just to see if encryption is tripping you up. If it works, then turn it on and work backward to try and reestablish a conection.

Also I hear that Kanotix has more wireless drivers than Knoppix, so if all else fails, you might want to give it a try.

http://kanotix.com/info/index.php