wireless for knoppix

[wesley110]

I have a sony vaio pcg grt360zg. I am a newbee in linux, I am trying to get to know how it works. I have installed knoppix 3.6. Most hardware and software seem to work pretty good, but I am having a hardtime getting wireless internet to work. Any ideas out there. Please!!

 

[n0cmonkey]

What chipset is the wireless card using?

 

[wesley110]

here are the chiset specifications
- Standard: IEEE 802.11g
- Data transfer speed: Up to 54Mbps (Link Rate)2
- Range: Up to 320 feet1
- Connector: PC card slot type-II
- Interface: CardBus (PC Card)
- Encryption: 64/128 bits WEP
- Supported OS: Windows® 2000 Professional, Millennium
Edition, XP Home Edition and XP Professional
- Modulation: DSSS/OFDM
- Frequency rate: : 2.4GHz ISM Band (2.4-2.4835GHZ, 11 channel)
- Power supply: 3.3V (through PC card slot)
- Power consumption: Approx. 700mA (transmitting), 370mA
(receiving)
- Dimensions (WxHxD): Approx. 2.12" x 0.5" x 3.54"
- Weight: Approx. 1.40 oz.
- Packaged content: CD-ROM (device driver, utility), User manual,
Limited warranty card
Above, it does not specify if linux is supported, it does not say it does not either. I hope it does though.
Wes

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: wesley110
here are the chiset specifications
- Standard: IEEE 802.11g
- Data transfer speed: Up to 54Mbps (Link Rate)2
- Range: Up to 320 feet1
- Connector: PC card slot type-II
- Interface: CardBus (PC Card)
- Encryption: 64/128 bits WEP
- Supported OS: Windows® 2000 Professional, Millennium
Edition, XP Home Edition and XP Professional
- Modulation: DSSS/OFDM
- Frequency rate: : 2.4GHz ISM Band (2.4-2.4835GHZ, 11 channel)
- Power supply: 3.3V (through PC card slot)
- Power consumption: Approx. 700mA (transmitting), 370mA
(receiving)
- Dimensions (WxHxD): Approx. 2.12" x 0.5" x 3.54"
- Weight: Approx. 1.40 oz.
- Packaged content: CD-ROM (device driver, utility), User manual,
Limited warranty card
Above, it does not specify if linux is supported, it does not say it does not either. I hope it does though.
Wes

It doesn't mention the particular chipset in use though. That's the information you need to find out.

 

[wesley110]

I think I got it now. It is my computer chipset type is NVDIA Geforce FX 5600

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: wesley110
I think I got it now. It is my computer chipset type is NVDIA Geforce FX 5600

The wireless card itself has a chipset.
The motherboard has several chipsets.
The video card has a chipset.

The important one in relation to the wireless network card is the one on the wireless card.

 

[cjr22]

Try typing
lspci
into a terminal, that should give you information on all the things attached to your PCI bus, one of which will be your wireless card. If you can work out which one it is, post the output here and someone will be able to help.

 

[wesley110]

Here are is what caame up when I did the command as advised

Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
0000:00:07.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
I am guessing the wireless chip set is # is the one right before the 802.11 abg
I hope I am succesful this time

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: wesley110
Here are is what caame up when I did the command as advised

Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
0000:00:07.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
I am guessing the wireless chip set is # is the one right before the 802.11 abg
I hope I am succesful this time

Atheros makes the chipset. That helps a lot. 🙂

Off to search google, because I know there is a driver for it, but I can't remember where... 😛

EDIT: http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/

 

[cjr22]

So did you get the madwifi stuff working?