I have a Linksys PCMCIA 802.11g networking card, but getting it to work isn't a problem. The problem is getting the settings to stick after a reboot.

I have the driver, ndiswrapper inserts the driver, and loads it into the kernel no problem. VASMCC then prompts me for the ESSID and WEP key for the wireless network I want to connect to, and all works well.

I select "DHCP" and "start on boot" from the following screen, and all is good...until I reboot, then nothing at all. I have to go through the whole rigamarole, again, just to get networking up. Normally, I wouldn't complain, but this laptop is to be used by my mum, and it needs to be as un-fussy as possible as I may not be around when she needs to check her email.

Any ideas and suggestions for solutions as to how to get the ndiswrapper to stick after a reboot?

Okay, so, new revelation to this problem: I've noticed the "Link" light on the WiFi card light up during boot, but the second I log in, or switch to a VTY, the light turns off, and I can even as much as raise the interface (through the command line, or through the VectorLinux-supplied WiFi tool).

Also, I forgot to mention, there's no ethernet port on the laptop, and I don't have a PCMCIA ethernet card.

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Have you checked to see if madwifi supports the card?

Dyakoyu bratyik, but I've since dropped trying to get Vector Linux running on that laptop - I put Slackware 12.0 on it, and it's worked like a dream from the start.

awesome! Lately I've been having minor headaches with Debian - my sources.list is not what I want it to be.