orinoco a/b/g card and knoppix 5.0.1

im completely new to knoppix and i just got my orinoco card for it

i have a proxim orinoco a/b/g gold combo card that uses an atheros chipset
knoppix 5.0.1
a toshiba satellite P105-S6084 laptop with an intel integrated abg wireless i believe its the 3945abg chipset

i can get wired networking enabled but i cant get wireless to work

ive tried ndiswrapper but it cannot copy the drivers on line 135
i dont know how i would go about using iwconfig to text setup it from scratch
kwifimanager recognizes the card but says it doesnt get any signal


any suggestions or help?

btw it recognizes ath0 as the interface

same setup orinoco a/b/g card ( atheros chip), and a toshiba satellite 1805-s207, and knoppix 5.0.1
being reconized as ath0 also, ive tried: wlcardconfig, iwconfig, ifconfig, pump, and a few others and i still havent been able to get internet. ill post my specs in a few, maybe ill finally get it workin.

but you can try:

wlcardconfig (enter various info about your wlan, after prompt comes up)
netcardconfig (but doesnt let you select ath0 without modifing a file first, in the forums somewhere)
pump -i ath0 ("pumps" the internet "-i" to device "ath0")

also checout:

ifconfig
lspci -v
iwconfig

here is some info, anyone know whats going on ??? i still cant connect


root@1[knoppix]# lspci -v

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1644/M1644T Northbridge+Trident (rev
01)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [b0] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [a4] Power Management version 1

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller (prog-if 00 [Norm
al decode])
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f7f00000-fdffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 38000000-380fffff

0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) (prog-i
f 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0004
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at f7eff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

0000:00:04.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3) (prog-if f0)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0004
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 255
I/O ports at eff0 [size=16]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Cont
roller Audio Device (rev 01)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
Memory at 38100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV]
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0004
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 1

0000:00:08.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0001
Flags: medium devsel

0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100]
(rev 0d)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems 8255x-based Ethernet Adapter (10/100)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at f7efe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at ef40 [size=64]
Memory at f7ec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

0000:00:11.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbu
s Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 38101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
Memory window 0: 30000000-31fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 32000000-33fff000
I/O window 0: 00001400-000014ff
I/O window 1: 00001800-000018ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:00:11.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbu
s Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 38102000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
Memory window 0: 34000000-35fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 36000000-37fff000
I/O window 0: 00001c00-00001cff
I/O window 1: 00002000-000020ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XPAi1 (rev 82) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 8, IRQ 11
Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
Memory at fbc00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
Memory at f7ff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Expansion ROM at 38000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [80] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [90] Power Management version 2

0000:06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
Subsystem: PROXIM Inc: Unknown device 0a10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 36000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

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root@1[knoppix]# ifconfig

ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:A6:4C:4A:F2
inet addr:192.168.2.7 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:64 Metric:1
RX packets:15 errors:14 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:14
TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:200
RX bytes:3034 (2.9 KiB) TX bytes:3252 (3.1 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Memory:dfde0000-dfdf0000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7332 (7.1 KiB) TX bytes:7332 (7.1 KiB)

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root@1[knoppix]# iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

ath0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"myessid"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:0D:3A:2B:A5:84
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=14/94 Signal level=-81 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.

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knoppix@1[knoppix]$ ping 127.0.0.1 -c 4

PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.115 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.112 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.108 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.109 ms

--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.108/0.111/0.115/0.002 ms

knoppix@1[knoppix]$ ping 192.168.2.1 -c 4

PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 192.168.2.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 3002ms