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...
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...
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...

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