im completely new to knoppix and i just got my orinoco card for it

i have a proxim orinoco a/b/g gold combo card that uses an atheros chipset
knoppix 5.0.1
a toshiba satellite P105-S6084 laptop with an intel integrated abg wireless i believe its the 3945abg chipset

i can get wired networking enabled but i cant get wireless to work

ive tried ndiswrapper but it cannot copy the drivers on line 135
i dont know how i would go about using iwconfig to text setup it from scratch
kwifimanager recognizes the card but says it doesnt get any signal


any suggestions or help?