Knoppix/Asus WiFi Card/Drivers?

[BOAC]

I'm tinkering with this using the downloaded ISO, but I cannot get it to 'see' my ASUS PCI 802b/g card. Is this because it is not 'supported' or do I need to download something? Cannot find it on the Asus or Knoppix sites.

[BOAC]

Thanks Cheerio - a bit of googling brought this:

<I can confirm that the Asus WL138g uses a Marvell Libertas chipset, and also that it does work with ndiswrapper.

only point to note is that you have to use old driver versions (ones on CD-rom) and then the Windows 2000 drivers. From these drivers you might have to rename the .sys file.>

and

<only point to note is that you have to use old driver versions (ones on CD-rom) and then the Windows 2000 drivers. From these drivers you might have to rename the .sys file.If you are using the latest ndiswrapper, you can use the newest XP-version (2.3.0.19 seems to be the newest).

I am using the XP-Driver 2.3.0.19 with ndiswrapper 1.13 and it works like a charm. I tried several different versions before with ndiswrapper 1.1 and it didn't work>

......only trouble is it is all Greek to me as a Linux 'newbie'

[Cheerio]

I think you ought to have ndiswrapper included in Knoppix, and I think that is the only route to getting that particular wifi chip running.
I have not yet managed to use a windows driver with ndiswrapper, but I am a Linux tyro like yourself. I have found that rather than try to bull-head a specific chip, its more realistic to go out and source a wifi card that is verified as supported. I have Belkin (Ralink chip) and D-Link (Atheros chip) cards I can use with Suse for example. Maybe the Knoppix support forums will direct you in the right direction.
Have fun trying though - its part of the deal! As ever google is your friend.
Try here first:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Wireless_Networking

[BOAC]

Well, I have looked at the links, thanks, and Googled a bit more, and I am really where I was a couple of years back when I dallied with Linux.

It is going into the 'too difficult' box (again) I'm afraid, as I have to print off my Googling (in Windows) then reboot in Knoppix, find it is not quite working, go back into Windows etc etc and it is just all too difficult. An OS for 'erks' needs to be intuitive and is not, and much as I dislike the MS world, it is more-so, with plug-and-play etc.

[Cheerio]

I know how you feel about it, but don't put the blame on Linux, it is those WiFi chip manufacturers like Marvell who are exclusively releasing drivers for Windows. That really bugs me, so I decided to go out and buy stuff that is supporting Linux, like Ralink.

[Keef]

I dedicated my old PC to playing with Linux. It's quite a learning curve!

That PC has 2 PCMCIA slots. I have got everything else working (more or less, after a lot of command-line type geekery) - but NOT the PCMCIA Wireless LAN bit. I have several PCMCIA WLAN cards, different brands - none will work under Linux.

That's Knoppix, Debian (various levels), and Fedora. I tried Mandrake and Suse and got nowhere at all with those - maybe because I hadn't learned enough command-line code at that stage.

[Cheerio]

Keef,
Download SUSE 10.1 (including the non-OSS add on disk)
Buy yourself a D-Link DWL-G650 PCMCIA card

The missing bit to the puzzle is this:
http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/254/42/
No jiggery-pokery, thats it working. WiFi, DVDs, Windows Media, the whole schmeer.