Quote Originally Posted by jMon54
Oh dear, perhaps we should check what the chipset and version actually is... So what is the output of: [in a console as root user] lspci -v
I forgot to put the "-v" after the "lspci" but here's what I gather is the relevant part of the output:

"0000:00:09.0 Network controller: RaLink RaLink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card (rev01)"

Does this help anyone help me with getting Knoppix to use my wireless card?
Yes, it does: but it probably means that you DO NOT have a Belkin F5D7000. According to my sources they use the Broadcom chipset in that model.

It appears that you CD was correct. Its the rt2500.inf driver you want

We will go with the chipset I think ...

It appears that this chipset actually has native linux drivers; not that I know how to install them. Type in Google "Ralink linux" and that could get you started. Better I suppose would be to go direct to the Ralink website. See: http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm

Someone else will have to help you if you want to try and do the native driver route. I have no idea. However, if you want to pursue ndiswrapper -- I would try and get the latest .inf file by downloading the driver .exe -- hopefully all the .exe is is a self-extracting zip file.

Once you have the latest rt2500.inf file we can take it from there.