[DarkBelthazor]

im trying to configure my wireless card to be wlan0 on my laptop, but when i use iwconfig, all my wireless card info is on ath0 instead of wlan0, and wlan0 doesn't even show up, any clues?

[Dapper Dan]

My guess is that you have an Atheros based card which in most cases is going to come in as ath0. Is it a PCI device? To see what chip set it is using, do from the command line:

lspci | gep Wireless

If it IS an Atheros based device, is there a problem configuring it as ath0?

[DarkBelthazor]

the problem is, scanning for wireless networks etc doesnt work with ath0, even when its up :S any ideas why?

EDIT: Yes, it is an atheros card

[Dapper Dan]

I don't know what you have and have not done so forgive me if you've tried these already. From the command line try:

iwlist ath0 scan

ifconfig ath0 up

dhclient ath0

[MikeTbob]

I believe Knoppix uses Pump instead of dhcpclient, or it may be both. Last time I used Knoppix I used
pump -i ath0
instead of dhclient ath0

[DarkBelthazor]

dhclient + pump both come up with command not found, any clues? lol

[MikeTbob]

Did you use sudo?
sudo dhclient ath0
or
sudo pump -i ath

[DarkBelthazor]

now i jus get sudo: pump: command not found xD

[MikeTbob]

And the same thing for dhclient?
Which version of knoppix are you using?
You didn't actually type "sudo: pump:" did you? that won't work. It must be as specified above.

[DarkBelthazor]

I'm actually using the Backtrack 2 live cd, which is based off knoppix. I need it to prove to my brother WEP keys aren't secure xD

I typed it EXACTLY as you said