Linux Knoppix Wireless Internet

[kevinarbogast]

I seem to be having a problem here. I bought a nice Linux Knoppix disk (where Linux will boot up from the CD) and I cannot access any Internet-based programs. I have a Belkin-G wireless desktop card and router, and I can't seem to figure out how to configure it to work with Linux. If anybody can help, I would greatly appreciate it as I know just about NOTHING about Linux.

[renegade600]

what wireless modem? you may need ndiswrapper and the window drivers for you distro.

[kevinarbogast]

No wireless modem, only a wireless Belkin Router and hard-wired modem.

Additional information would be nice (where I can get those tools, etc.)

[renegade600]

sorry, wireless modem was bad choice of words, exactly what wireless card do you have in the laptop? As I said, you may need to install ndiswrapper and a windows driver in order for it to work - depending upon the exact belkin g wireless card you have. see this

However, If you are running linux from a live cd, I am not sure you can install it. someone else will have to help with that.

[kevinarbogast]

I don't even have a laptop. This is why I have a

Belkin-G wireless desktop card

because a desktop is different from a laptop. Also, I DO have a live CD, so I don't know that I can...

[renegade600]

Originally Posted by kevinarbogast

I don't even have a laptop. This is why I have a because a desktop is different from a laptop. Also, I DO have a live CD, so I don't know that I can...

in spite of me typing laptop instead of desktop, everything I said still applies. And if you want help, we still need the exact model number of the wireless desktop card you have. Belkin-g is not enough info.

[kevinarbogast]

Well, other than pulling out my network card itself (which I COULD do, but REALLY don't want to); how would I find the model number?

*NOTE* I've already tried going into Device Manager and finding it...but it only shows you what I have already told you.

[kage]

kevinarbogast, boot up Knoppix and once it is loaded, open a terminal. (the quickest way is click the 'K' menu, run, 'konsole') Type 'su' and press enter, this gives you root access. Then run 'lspci'. This displays all the hardware connected to the computer, see if you can find the wireless device. If you want more information displayed, try 'lspci -vv'. Post your findings here.

[kevinarbogast]

I'm sorry it took me so long to reply. For some reason, I don't receive messages notifying me when I have a reply anymore. Anyways, here is what it came up with. I'm sorry for the messed up characters, it's kind of hard to transfer information from one OS to another. I also have the more "technical" version if you like, I'll post it if you want me to.

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a33 (rev 01)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a3f
0000:00:11.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc ATI 437A Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc ATI 4379 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 81)
0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI (rev 80)
0000:00:14.2 0403: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 437b (rev 01)
0000:00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
0000:00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a61
0000:02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
0000:02:04.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02

[kage]

Now that we have a good idea of what your hardware looks like, in a terminal run the command "ifconfig" and "iwconfig". Post the output of both.

[kevinarbogast]

knoppix@2[knoppix]$ ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1372 (1.3 KiB) TX bytes:1372 (1.3 KiB)

knoppix@2[knoppix]$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth1 no wireless extensions.

eth2 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.


Note: I did not type in 'su' this time because I was not instructed to. If you wish me to, please let me know.

[kage]

Hm, looks like it -is- picking up your card. Try the following commands:

$ su
# ifconfig eth0 up
# iwconfig eth0 essid <ssid>
# dhcpcd eth0

Replace <ssid> with your ssid. (ie: if you're ssid is "linksys", use "iwconfig eth0 essid linksys")

If "dhcpcd eth0" doesn't work, use "dhclient eth0".

Also, if you have a wep key for your wireless AP, use:

iwconfig eth0 essid <ssid> enc XXXXXXXXXX

Replace XXXXXXXXXX with your actual wep key.

[kevinarbogast]

I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing here, but here's the entire log; that way, hopefully you know what I'm doing.

knoppix@1[knoppix]$ su
root@1[knoppix]# ifconfig eth0 up
root@1[knoppix]# iwconfig eth0 essid <Trixie>
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
root@1[knoppix]# dhcpcd eth0
bash: dhcpcd: command not found
root@1[knoppix]# dhclient eth0
bash: dhclient: command not found
root@1[knoppix]# iwconfig eth0 eesid <Trixie> enc 3DA9DD499C
bash: Trixie: No such file or directory