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LizardGamer
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:40 am    Post subject: Wireless not working in LiveCD Reply with quote

Hi, this is my first time on the forums

But when I running the LiveCD off my usb I can't actually use my wireless on my laptop. My Wireless icon (on my laptop) seems to light up (making out it's on) but I can't see any wireless networks, even when I select the other wireless drivers on the LiveCD.

My wireless network card works on some most other Linux OS's. My wireless card is an 'Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 ABGN'

Can anyone help?
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Use the System RescueCD instead. Boot to the xfce GUI and find network manager icon in the lower right corner. The minimal install cd is pretty much minimal; nonetheless, you should be able to connect to a wep or open wireless network via
Code:
net-setup <your interface name>
Run ifconfig -a to determine the interface name.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DONAHUE wrote:
Use the System RescueCD instead. Boot to the xfce GUI and find network manager icon in the lower right corner. The minimal install cd is pretty much minimal; nonetheless, you should be able to connect to a wep or open wireless network via
Code:
net-setup <your interface name>
Run ifconfig -a to determine the interface name.


System rescuecd is meant for rescuing Linux OS's!
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is also the best choice for a gentoo install cd.
It is also pretty good for rescuing Win and Mac os's.
The license is not restrictive.
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