Well, it looks like im not going to be getting any more help here. After browsing the net the last few days, reading abt 'normal' peoples issues with regards to Linux based OS's I understand the reason tht MS based products are so popular. I decided to post at these forums because of the forum title, KNOPPIX.net FROM ZERO TO LINUX IN 5 MINUTES. Ofcourse I didnt expect to become a Linux wiz in 5 minutes (LOL), but the amount of 'support' I have received has not helped me resolve the issues I have been having. Until experienced Linux users, can help the average user with 'fundamental' things such as connecting to the internet then my opinion is Linux based OS's will remain a platform operated by savvy users. I do understand that one of the reasons certain problems exist is down to hardware manufacturers lack of software support for Linux systems. I dont want to be attacked for my point of view, because this is how I see things from my perspective.

Taking my last question as an example, I havnt asked to be spoon fed, i take great joy by working something out for myself, but if I cant even get a comment from a general question such as the one I made,
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Well, i didnt have much luck, it seems the reason Im not connecting is because my, 'Access Point' for some reason is not being detected. It comes up as 00:00:00:00:00:00:00. My ESSID is showing up fine, my ip address is showing up fine, just no Access Point.

How should i be troubleshooting this issue?
then its clear, tht your average user will just give in and go back to his MS box.

My biggest dissapointment abt not being able to connect to the internet using the hardware available to me, is because I am not able to learn more abt Linux through using the internet as a learning/research tool. I learn (like most people) by reading something and doing it in practise. My intentions were to get the Knoppix live CD connect to the net, then to browse, read and try things related to this OS, something i cant do.

But im not going to give up, I will be installing ubuntu onto a hard disk pretty soon, hopefully I will have a better user experience from using this Linux distro.