After tweaking my DIR-655 wireless router settings I was able to get great results with ath9k drivers in upup and my DWA-652 adapter. Using WPA2/AES only in n mode only with no other access points (b or g) running I consistently connected at 270 mbps with great range and zero transmit/receive errors...

Your excellent link is where I previously learned how to configure my adapter from the command line for 4.1.2 using ndiswrapper and WEP. I was also successful in configuring it using the later version network wizard you pointed me to with ath9k and WPA2 on the later version kernel used in the unname...

Thanks for the tip. Would it be correct to assume if I configured the adapter at bootup with commands in a config file instead of using the network wizard WPA would be functional? That was going to be my next test. If not then I would go ahead and install the updated network manager pet.

I got the unamed puplet distro to boot on a Dell Inspiron 8000 fine and was able to use the network wizard to configure my DWA-652 using the ath9k module. It claims that this module doesn't support WPA though. This defeats the main reason I wanted to use it. The DIR-655 router will not operate in n ...

I tried this pup based on a newer kernel that should have ath9k support but it wasn't compatible with my old processor (333 mhz AMD K-6). You might give it a go.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=36592

An easy fix might be to boot with SMP features disabled

Tried that great suggestion but it didn't make any difference. This newer kernel still won't boot. Halts with messgae "Cmov - Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU."

I've downloaded and compiled the compat-wireless-old drivers from linuxwireless.org, so I'm crossing my fingers this will work.

Did it? I am interested in doing the same.

That distro looks nice but won't boot on my older laptop with 333 MHz AMD-K6-2 processor. Seems the later kernels don't support the older processors. So would it be possible to perform this procedure on the 4.1.2 distro with the 2.6.25 kernel? Are kernel headers installed in puppy distros? http://wi...

already done

Thanks - ran across that after my post. I downloaded it yesterday and will burn it and test today and see if it plays better with my wireless equipment.

Since 4.2 is based on the 2.6.25 kernel it is my guess ath9k support is not available yet. Any hopes of a pup distro based on 2.6.27 any time soon? If not can anyone give me some direction on whether it is possible to do this procedure on 4.1.2 or 4.2?
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download

Will Deep Thought 4.2 support ath9k? Hoping to get my Dlink dwa-652 and dir-655 talking at better than g speeds. Currently using ndiswrapper on 4.1.2 with wep. Hoping to be able to use wpa2/aes soon.