thx for the tip era
it gave me the genius idea to go to google and get driver help. i got the page (Linuxant - DriverLoader for Wireless LAN devices - Introduction) and everyone says that it works. the only problem is that i think it is a free trial software so i dont know how long it would work on my comp. now my question would be, what book would give me the information to get the driver lists in knoppix/ubuntu and how to make them work (the line of code i mean). i have alot of linux books on pdf and i could get another if i had to.