knoppix networking using a wifi connection

[geek_ji]

hi all. i am a newbie in the linux world. i am using knoppix live 6.2 from a cd. i am not able to connect to the internet. i have a wifi connection. knoppix gets connected to the wifi well and good. i saw the status and found that it is receiving ip address etc. properly. i have the dhcp enabled. but i am not able to connect to the internet through this connection. how do i do this?

[atreyu]

Is the DHCP server also your wireless router by chance? Is it configured to dish out a gateway and DNS info (it should be)?

To see what your knoppix box is set to, show the output of these commands:

# current ip config

ip a

# available wireless devices

iwconfig

# routing table

route -n

the routing table should have a default gateway listed for your wireless device (probably the ip address of your wireless router)

# DNS settings

cat /etc/resolv.conf

this should have at least one nameserver listed

[previso]

If you have a Delll you will need NDISWRAPPER.