i have been using knoppix for about 2 weeks wired. now i want to use it wirlessely, but it is so CONFUSING and i cant figure it out. It was said that the intel wireless 2200 b/g adapter is not directly supported by intel, but there is another downloadable version specified for linux at their websight, www.intel.com.

i have downloaded the new client (im not to sure what to call it :/) ""intel_ipw2200" and the firmware class ieee80211-1.1.6. (the directions said i needed it, i have no idea what it means

I am using kernel 2.6.6, the required one for knoppix.
my computer specifications are as following
-Toshiba satellite r 10
-512 mb of RAM
-1.8 ghz intel centrino processor
-wireless card is intel 2200 b/g
- i deleted windows and didnot save the prevous wireless driver settings

the directions are very unclear to me, i dont know if i should install the driver first, or the

can you please explain to me how to install it, or use ndiswrapper.

where to extract the file?

and i attempted to write a configuration for the modprobe but there was an error saying "Manage ndis drivers for ndiswrapper.
-i inffile Install driver described by 'inffile'
-d devid driver Use installed 'driver' for 'devid'
-e driver Remove 'driver'
-l List installed drivers
-m Write configuration for modprobe
-hotplug (Re)Generate hotplug information


where 'devid' is either PCIID or USBID of the form XXXX:XXXX
root@njz:/home/aal-aali# ndiswrapper -m
Adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper
root@njz:/home/aal-aali# rmmod ndiswrapper
ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules
root@njz:/home/aal-aali# modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.11/misc/ndiswrapper.ko): Operation n
root@njz:/home/aal-aali# ndiswrapper /home/aal-aali/desktop/intel_ipw2200
Usage: ndiswrapper OPTION"

can you please help me install the drivers, and tell me what to do ie- where to put the driver downloads (from www.intel.com)-- i am really sick and tired of windows and i realy want to start using linux, i also want to try to contribute to the community, but i cannot if i dont get help.

thanx,
adel