Need help with lynksys wireless g usb and knoppix auditor

[Seedling]

Hello all, I am new to the forum and even newer to knoppix. I downloaded the iso about a year ago, and everytime I try to get the wireless working, it just never works. I have tried using 'captive install acquire' which runs endlessly almost freezing the pc. I dont know the version of auditor this is, and I cant find anything regarding the issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Seedling.

[Harry Kuhman]

Wireless with Knoppix is pretty bad. It fails to recognize several cards that I have that other distros do recognize. And even the one card that did work with version 4.02 (an 802.11b card) does not work with newer releases. To make things even worse, you're trying to get a USB wifi adapter working (friends don't let friends network over USB). I would suggest that you try Puppy Linux. Backtrack 3 and Mandriva1 to see if any of them even can support your particular wifi device, but I have strong doubts that you'll get it working with Knoppix.

[Seedling]

Thanks for the quick response. I am going to try on my destop and see if that card works. I have a small network at home with wep 128bit to run my entertainment center. Ive noted some traffic through my router via wifi and would like to fix any holes. I have never used linux or knoppix type systems and
am a child of XP. Which has pointed me into a brick wall, as there is sooo much to learn, again.


Are the versions you mentioned like security auditor? That is the type of setup im looking to use and test my network.


Peace, Seedling. :)

[Harry Kuhman]

...Are the versions you mentioned like security auditor? That is the type of setup im looking to use and test my network. ...
Backtrack 3 most definitely is. Puppy Linux and Mandriva1 are more general purpose, but all have a better wifi driver selection than Knoppix (in my experience).

[Seedling]

Thanks again, i will check that out. Do you know of any links that will help get me going? I have found some interesting reads, and it most certainly will be a long road. :D

[Harry Kuhman]

Do you know of any links that will help get me going? All of these should be very easily found by a simple search. Google is your friend. (A.k.a. STFW)

[Seedling]

I am downloading backtrack 3 as I type =p. I also found some interesting stuff on people accessing their 128 wep wifis with xp? If I cant get things to work with BT3, I may have to resort to once again jumping on the xp wagon :( The problem is I want to learn more than just XP. as I cant program and have to make do with whatever appz are availible. Half of the things I want to try that I do find are code (which clues me out), and the rest is free/shareware loaded with bugs:(

[Harry Kuhman]

....Half of the things I want to try that I do find are code (which clues me out), and the rest is free/shareware loaded with bugs:(
Much Linux software available as code includes right in the comments easy instructions about how to compile it, not all that hard to get running. I actually find that free software or shareware (particularly under Linux) is a lot less buggy than Microsoft software, but you'll have to make your own choice on that. I can't say good things about Knoppix wireless support though.

[Seedling]

I like XP because of the whole comfort thing. Its the first OS I have really ever used. Last year I met a guy through work who was attending University for computer science etc. He was at the time into hacking, writting his own code and some really cool sounding stuff. He told me to learn c, c+ etc and go from there, but my problem is im a hands on type person. Reading doesnt get me far, but if I see someone do things I can grasp much more. He got my interest in computers going and ive come quite away's in a little under a year. He had also pointed me to knoppix, but its just been sitting on the back burner as the hacking thing isnt what interests me. Now ive got unknown assigned ip's on my router log, and learning all I can is a must, well that and the fun that comes with =p I want to get into my network via the wifi and crack the wep, to see how easy it is, and hopefully learn a better way of protecting my privacy. Ive been changing my password daily, and this seems to be good for now, but takes too much time, theres got to be a better way. The more I can understand the better.

[Harry Kuhman]

...I want to get into my network via the wifi and crack the wep, to see how easy it is, ....... Ive been changing my password daily, and this seems to be good for now.....
WEP is boken. If changing your password daily seems to be helping it's only because no one is hacking into you. You should be able to find videos of people breaking WEP in minutes, so daily changes will not acomplish much (except cost the hacker a minute or two the next time he wants back in). WEP is defective, WPA is the proper way to go.

[Seedling]

Well the one thing, if I dont change the 26 character hex more than once a week, i find a fourth machine in my network. And that is of course when I check. This hasnt been a problem in the past, but I am in an apartment bldg and new tenants move in all the time. So a recent move in is most likely the culpret.
I was even thinking of placing a 'bad' file in my shared folder labeled passwords. I dont think they would be amused :) I still have a copy of C.I.A by Cruel Intentionz kicking around on a backup disk somewhere. :twisted:

[Seedling]

Okay, n00b alert! I just burned the iso for BT3. How do you start the program? I logged in as root, and it told me of 3 options, the only one that looked promising was startx. But im getting [cannot run framebuffer mode. please specify busID's] & errno 104 [unable to connect to x server]. Is this a corrupt download of am I missing something here? :(

[Harry Kuhman]

It's been a while since I've run BT3. No idea if you have a bad download (wasn't there an md5 on the download page?). There are other ways to screw things up also, like burning fast. But I seem to remember that I ran a lot of stuff at the command prompt, but also was able to start a GUI I'm fight with several other things that I need to do right now, but may play with BT3 later and see if that doesn't refresh my memory. However, i would suggest visiting their website, reading any docs, and generally experimenting rather than waiting for me.

[Seedling]

What is the md5? I think it was a bad download, or burning across the network.. I used nero 7 premium and slowed it fown + data verification. Ahh well I will have to try again.

[Harry Kuhman]

the md5 is a simple test that you can run to be certain that you have a good download. Remote Exploit does indeed post the md5 that you should get on the download page. See our site's downloading faq for more details (find it through the documentation link near the top of this page). Or put md5 in Google and search.

[Seedling]

Anyone know of a sure bet as far as wifi cards go for desktops that will work with knoppix? I give up! I even tried my little sisters laptop with a broadcom and still no luck. If I can find a card that works I will just get one and install.

Thanks again

Seedling.