Hello,

I am running knoppix off of CDROM and am attempting to get my Linksys WPC51AB wireless LAN card to connect to the network. The card is not detected by knoppix, but I can manually load the drivers, at which time the wlcardconfig utility detects it and will apply the settings I specify.

My problem is that I am not able to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server/Linksys Broadband Router on my network. If I manually configure an IP, I can ping the DHCP server, but if I just bring up the interface (or manually restart networking or manually restart pcmcia services), it does not grab an IP. When I do a iwconfig, it lists the router's proper MAC address as its Access Point so I know it sees it.

Stupid question-- how can I manually force my WLAN interface go out and search for an IP? On other linux distros I have used "dhcpcd" or "dhcclient" but cannot find either in knoppix.

Stupid question #2-- the wlanconfig utility finds the NIC fine once I load the drivers, however the netcardconfig utility still says it finds no supported cards. Is this normal when your Wifi is the only NIC, and if so, is there a utility to configure IP address settings for wifi cards?

Sorry for such a long post, thanks in advance...