wifi on Dell d800?

[perfectreign]

My son has an old (2005) Dell d800 laptop. Only 15" screen and 512mb of ram but suitable for him.

I booted Knoppix 6.7 groom my USB drive, but don't see any wireless. Iwconfig shows no wireless available.

Looking, I found this, but nothing else. Any ideas?

http://knoppix.net/forum/threads/296...ix-6.7.1/page3

[utu]

@ perfectreign

Knoppix 7 may solve your wifi problem; I think it will.
At present, Knoppix 7 is only available in a DVD size; a CD-size Knoppix 7
should be available shortly.

The background is this:
Dell made a lot of different laptops with Broadcom wifis.
Broadcom made a lot of different wifis.
Every one of the wifis requires some proprietary firmware to work with Linux.
Matching up and applying the correct firmware with each laptop has been
a long-standing Linux problem.

Knoppix 7 has made a great effort to tackle this thoroughly and get it right.
We'd be glad to hear what results you have using Knoppix 7.

A possible short-term remedy which you might try is Knoppix 6.4 which favors
a different branch of the Broadcom drivers than does 6.7.

Let us know how it goes in any event.

[perfectreign]

OIC, it is Broadcom. I'd have to use ndiawrapper or something like that.

I will download 7 and fine it a go. I'll have to make it USB since this laptop doesn't have a DVD drive.