WG111 usb wi-fi configuration in Knoppix 3.6

[Mr_Mike]

Well, I'm making progress. Booting up the Knoppix 3.8 CeBit stuff on my desktop with the USB wireless dongle installed is starting to work. After installing the drivers using ndiswrapper I get blinking lights on the dongle. The Knoppix WANsetup tool does a little bit of magic as well. It doesn't talk yet though.

So, it looks like some of the newer software on the 3.8 disk is what was required. I suspect it was the later version of ndiswrapper.

Now I'll re-image the laptop HDD and give it a go. No point in proceeding with the desktop at this stage.

Wish me luck...

[Mr_Mike]

Apparently I have success.

Things to note: I had to use:

iwconfig wlan0 essid "my_network"

I had to quote my network name for some reason. The network name is one word. Whatever works!

Its midnight:30 so robustness testing will have to wait...