Configuring your wireless card
# activating your wireless network card (provided your network card is recognized as ath0, and that you are using Knoppix):

  1. # configure the wireless card (ssid, encryption keys, etc):
     wlcardconfig 
    
  2. # add the following lines to /etc/network/interfaces:
     auto ath0
     iface ath0 inet dhcp 
    
  3. # (re)start the network daemon:
     sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart 
    
# if you are not using a Knoppix-based system, you could try to enable your wireless networkcard with:
kwifimanager

Configuring your wireless router or access point