Quote Originally Posted by simplyskate
....i now have the internet on my knoppix boot cd up and running fine ....
Glad to hear it. Don't give up on the usb thing, but it may take you a while. I didn't want to fool with the wrapper and things like that, kept trying all of my pcmcia cards with each new release. Finally 3.8.1 supports one of them. You may well find that you can get the USB device working or that it will start working in a future release, but I'm glad that you were able to get up relatively quickly this way.