What version of the card? The chipset (and thus Linux compatibility) hinge on the version number.
I have a Dell Inspiron 5100, with a D-link dwl-g630 wireless PCMCIA card, when I booted knoppix into the live cd everything works fine, internet (proxy settings had a little difficulty), sound, when i installed to hdd, everything works except wireless. iwconfig brings up and eth1 slot with a wireless extenstion, but how do i configure it to let me connect to the internet?
What version of the card? The chipset (and thus Linux compatibility) hinge on the version number.

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