live-cd can't get network to work

**bobbybase** · 01-02-2004, 02:29 PM

If you have a Realtek 8139 card you need to use the cheatcode NOAPIC when booting off your live CD.

**hicks** · 01-02-2004, 08:22 PM

i tried that one too. did not make any change.

**Harry Kuhman** · 01-02-2004, 08:43 PM

Have you read these threads:

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2164

and

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2117

and does it sound like your problem?

**gordonb** · 01-03-2004, 01:59 AM

I've gotten wireless networking to work on my laptop without problems. It's a Inspiron 7000 400MHz with a Linksys WPC11 v. 3 pcmcia card.

First, I booted from Knoppix 3.3 disc with the nodhcp lang=en display=wmaker boot parameters. (I use static IP at home). The disc recognized the card and loaded the appropriate drivers.

Then, to set up the network I got to root then ran iwconfig. Enter the ssid ("cove_circle") and the network type. "Managed" (the default) is the same as "infrastructure" in Linksys's terminology. I didn't use WEP at first. All of the other parameters iwconfig asks for may be left blank.

Then enter:

Code:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.105 (use your computer's IP number on the network)
ifconfig eth0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add -net default gw 192.168.1.1 netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1

Finally, edit /etc/resolv.conf to list your DNS nameservers.

That's it. It just works.

**gordonb** · 01-06-2004, 02:36 AM

Further adventures in getting a Linksys wireless card WPC11 to work under Knoppix on Dell Inspiron 7000:

When I boot from the Knoppix 3.3 dusc, the Linksys WPC11 is recognized without a problem. Once I did the hdinstall (using knx-install not knoppix-install), the wireless card would not be recognized. I don't know if an installation under knoppix-install would do better.

During boot, I goot the message "eth0: Error -110 reading firmware info. Wildly guessing capabilities..."

After a little searching, I found this site (http://www.hoffmannet.com/~thoffman/...0wireless.html) which pointed out a problem with the Inspiron laptops:

"Basically, it looks like there is a strange or old PCI-PCMCIA bridge in the I7000. I believe that this is leading to port conflicts when the wireless drivers are loading. I solved the above problems on both wireless cards by making the following changes to my config files:

edited my /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file and changed:

Code:

include port 0x100-x4ff, port 0x00-0xcff

to:

Code:

include port 0x300-x4ff, port 0x00-0xcff

and for good measure I added below that line:

Code:

exclude port 0x100-0x2ff

Now, both the Cisco and the Lucent cards are working in both Linux"

I made those changes and now I'm on the network. Everything else appears to work at this point.