wireless with knoppix

isapiens · Post by **isapiens** » 22 Jun 2006, 16:18

Hey guys, i finally got linux, so now i am experimenting with it. i got knoppix live cd, linux looks so cool. stupid mac just copied everything from them i suppose.
Anyway, i connected it directly to the router with an ethernet cable and the internet worked. But the wirelss doesnt work. I was messing around trying to fix it, but i am a total noob and linux is not the simplest os ever (at least for me : ) I think i have intel Pro/Wireless 2200Gb Network Connection Is this compatible with linux?
basically i want to establish the internet connection so i can read the tutorials and stuff. otherwise its really annoying to read them while you are in windows and then booting linux to try them out.

Post by **bad_brain** » 23 Jun 2006, 03:22

hm, I looked around a bit and it seems that you´re not the only one who has problems with this card type. Intel is not providing a native driver for Linux. I´ve read that some people updated to the newest firmware version and it worked afterwards, but well, I read as much people for which it still didn´t worked then...

http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php

what error messages do you got?
and what tutorials do you mean, what´s the link? I mean, it must be possible to download them (or even the whole site) so you can use them offline in Linux...

isapiens · Post by **isapiens** » 23 Jun 2006, 16:14

Hey, thanks b_brain. I certainly was not able to follow all the directions on how to build this driver right away, but i will get it eventually. Thanks for directing me in the right direction, at least now i know what i have to learn. For now, i will spend more time just getting used to linux and learning the basics. And the idea about saving web pages is simple but genius!

should have thought of that.

Anyway, ill let u know if i ever succeed in this, pz.

Post by **bad_brain** » 24 Jun 2006, 14:12

you can find Ht-Track in the downloads (simply use the search-form), you can download complete websites with it, I use it often to be able to use "online tutorials" locally...

egghead4life · Post by **egghead4life** » 24 Jul 2006, 08:55

look up ipw2200 for intel bg

or else you can if you have windows ON AN NTFS partition (using XP) ndiswrapper.

isapiens · Post by **isapiens** » 24 Jul 2006, 18:02

ok serioulsy i failed to do this.... i think i will have to get a linux that is not a live cd. Otherwise i run into bunch of problems such as saving stuff and root access errors. linux is not self explanitory god damn it, thats why i like it

Post by **bad_brain** » 25 Jul 2006, 03:36

yeah, live distros are nice for a first look, but I don´t think they´re good when you really want to get into Linux.
check here:
http://www.us.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/
I really fell in love with Debian...