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Name: pheonix991
Date: July 10, 2005 at 22:25:30 Pacific
OS: Windows xp, till i get my
CPU/Ram: p4 3330mhz
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well, i installed knoppix 3.8. i ran ndswrapper and got my wireless card driver in place. now i need to run iwconfig. i go to the shell and type iwconfig. and i dont' know what to do from here. anyone wanna push me in the right direction?

p4 3.0ghz @ 222X15=3330mhz
512mb pc3200 dual channel @222mhz
80gb wd hdd/40gb seagate when on linux
8x agp geforce 6200 @ 530/585can't unlock extra pipes. plz help if you can
Audigy 2 ZS<



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Name: 3Dave
Date: July 11, 2005 at 02:37:04 Pacific
Reply:

iwconfig is similar to ifconfig. It is used like:
# iwconfig interface options
I haven't really used wireless much but you can use it to set your ESSID, frequency etc.

For full help read the man pages:
$ man iwconfig


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Response Number 2
Name: pheonix991
Date: July 11, 2005 at 08:47:01 Pacific
Reply:

i will try that later and get post how it went. thanx for your help.

p4 3.0ghz @ 222X15=3330mhz
512mb pc3200 dual channel @222mhz
80gb wd hdd/40gb seagate when on linux
8x agp geforce 6200 @ 530/585can't unlock extra pipes. plz help if you can
Audigy 2 ZS<


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Response Number 3
Name: pheonix991
Date: July 11, 2005 at 12:26:54 Pacific
Reply:

ok, well i found a wizard on knoppix where it wants me to set all these things. here is the list.
essid
nwid
freq
channel
mode
nick
rate
rts
frag
txpower
enc
key
power
retry
commit

does anyone know how to find these values in windows xp?

p4 3.0ghz @ 222X15=3330mhz
512mb pc3200 dual channel @222mhz
80gb wd hdd/40gb seagate when on linux
8x agp geforce 6200 @ 530/585can't unlock extra pipes. plz help if you can
Audigy 2 ZS<


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