Re: Knoppix on laptop
Hi John,
That was good advice, except that the command is "lspci" not "lcpci".
lspci shows you whether you have a wireless device. From there you can work out what driver to load, or "modprobe" as it is in the GNU/Linux world.
If your wireless access point is using encryption, you will need to configure wpa_supplicant:
http://www.daemon-systems.org/man/wpa_supplicant.conf.5.html
It's not straightforward for a newbie. The instructions provided by Achim may help but it depends on how your access point is configured.
You need to search Google for a local linux users group (LUG) in your city/town. There is a very high chance that in your area a LUG exists. Without a doubt they will have a mailing list (like this one), you will get much better help that way.
Google have a custom linux search:
http://www.google.com/linux
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Michael.
>>> On 4/12/2008 at 21:38, "__@ing-buero-unger.de" <__@ing-buero-unger.de> wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I do not have an HP Pavilion, but my eeepc has a build in wireless lan, so i
> do not need aditional hardware: try lcpci
> ....
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus
> Controller (rev 04)
> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg
> Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L2 100 Mbit Ethernet
> Adapter (rev a0)
> ...
> shows an atheros wireless is available!
>
> ifconfig ath0 or lan0 or eth0 should show something like:
> ifconfig ath0
>
> ath0 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:15:af:a3:12:f5
> ...
> A small script activates my card with WPA2 encryption:
> /root/bin/wpa-eee.sh:
> 8< --------
> cat <<EOF>/tmp/x.tmp
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=20
> update_config=1
>
> network={
> ssid="routername-change-it"
> psk="topsecretkey-change-it!"
> scan_ssid=1
> proto=RSN
> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> pairwise=CCMP
> group=TKIP CCMP
> }
>
>
> EOF
> killall wpa_supplicant 2>/dev/null
> rm /var/run/wpa_supplicant/ath0 2>/dev/null
> wpa_supplicant -iath0 -Dmadwifi -c/tmp/x.tmp 2>/dev/null &
> ifconfig ath0 192.168.10.13 up 2>/dev/null
> dhclient ath0 2>/dev/null
> ifconfig ath0
> --------->8
> Change your key and router name! If your wireless card is not ath0 change it
> to its name.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Achim
>
>> I just bought my wife an HP Pavilion. I am tearing my hair out
>> (figuratively speaking) over Vista so I am thinking of using Knoppix
>> as a temporary or perhaps permanent solution. But I am new to the
>> world of wireless routers. Does Knoppix have the necessary software
>> to manipulate a wireless connection? And forgive my ignorance, but do
>> I need another piece of hardware attached to the laptop to achieve a
>> wifi connection? I have a router with antennas on my main box between
>> it and the internet modem.
>> --
>> John Culleton
>> Resources for every author and publisher:
>> http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf
>> http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf
>> http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm
>> http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm
>>
>>
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