wireless problem on laptop

**cbrands** · 05-28-2005, 09:25 AM

Hi
I can not connect my laptop to my wifi network with knoppix. It works fine in windows XP.
The hardware is
ACER Notebook ASPIRE 1522 WLMI
processor: AMD ATHLON 64-BIT 3000+
60 GB. harddisc and 512 MB. RAM
Wireless LAN 802.11g WiFi network (INPROCOMM chip IPN2220)
I am using Knoppix version 3.7 from cdrom.
The ndiswrapper script didn't work for me so I tried to follow the instructions from the sticky "Success with Knoppix 3.6 and wireless networking"

I can load the driver with ndiswrapper

Code:

ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
neti2220

there is also no problem with

Code:

modprobe ndiswrapper

lsmod shows that the ndiswrapper module is loaded.
The problem starts with

Code:

iwconfig wlan0 essid any

this results in

Code:

Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
Set failed on device wlan0 : No such device

And that is where I am stuck

Any help is welcome
Charles

**cbrands** · 06-06-2005, 09:15 PM

I upgraded to knoppix 3.9.
I still have the same problem.
this is my iwconfig

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00   
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   
          RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:100/100  Signal level:56/154  Noise level:0/154
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

I hope this helps as I am