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buckeye
02-20-2005, 02:33 AM
i have a dell d1450u wireless card on my dell computer
i just got made the cd but can't get on the wireless network
any idea's
location of drivers etc.
thanks

I found this info but not sure what to do
Downloaded the file but don't know what to do with it
open in windows or in knoppix

Card: Dell Wireless 1450 (802.11a/b/g) Dual-Band WLAN miniPCI Card
Chipset: Broadcom BCM4309 (rev 03)
pciid: 14e4:4324
Driver: ftp://ftp.dell.com/network/R90501.EXE

Other: Use bcmwl5a.inf in AR directory. ndiswrapper 1.0, kernel 2.6.10, gentoo. The ndiswrapper module has difficulties to start if your notebook isn't connected to the sector.

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/List?PHPSESSID=e95e3e84c1036d91e026b4e4a4cb5508

tom p
02-20-2005, 11:42 AM
Hi,

please search the forum for "Belkin WiFi"; esp. have a look at these topics:
Problems with Belkin WiFi (http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16009) and Success with Knoppix 3.6 and wireless networking (http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14206).

Tom

foamrotreturns
02-22-2005, 07:21 AM
My thread has a pretty exhaustive explanation about how to get that driver file working:
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16917
check it out and get back to us