Hello. I have a fresh HD install of Knoppix 3.3. I'm trying to get my Dlink DWL-520 (802.11b -- not the + version) wireless PCI card working but no luck so far.

When I run lspci -v I get the following:

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00:0f.0 Network Controller: Harris Semiconductor Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset (rev 01)
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I also tried running iwconfig wlan0 and got the following:

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wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b Mode:Auto Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Encryption key:off
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so, I'm pretty sure it can find the card. Also, it works fine under Win2k so I don't think there are any insurmountable hardware problems. However, when I run wlcardconfig I get a message saying 'no wireless network card found'. When I run netcardconfig I get a message asking if I want to use DHCP broadcast. answering 'yes' just get's me a 'operation failed' message. Answering No allows me to go through a series of questions but doesn't give me a chance to enter the WEP key and so it fails trying to contact the default gateway (my Wireless Router/access point has WEP enabled and is the DHCP server for the network).

thanks for any help anyone can offer.