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revdoug · Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 8 Location: Florida

I made it work.
Puppy 1.0.8rc1

1. Download ipw2200-1.0.1.tar.gz
2. Copy ipw2200-1.0.1.tar.gz to /
3. Open console
4 . cd /
5. tar -zxvf ipw2200-1.0.1.tar.gz
6. depmod I got an error here about audio (???) but everything still works.
7. modprobe ipw2200
8. iwconfig eth0 essid YOUR_SSID key YOUR_KEY mode Managed
I had an error:
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supprted.

I changed eth0 to eth1:
iwconfig eth1 essid YOUR_SSID key YOUR_KEY mode Managed
and that worked fine...
9. dhcpcd -t 20 -h puppypc -d eth1
10. DONE! - Open Browser and surf.

Notes:

1. I downloaded ipw2200-1.0.1.tar.gz from
http://mymirrors.homelinux.org/puppy/wireless/
note the version number and get the correct version!!!
I'm not too smart about these things, all I know is that the version I used worked.

2. I don't know if the file has to be in / I put it there and had success.

6. The full error was:
Unresolved symbols in lib/modules/2.4.29/sound/oss/viaaudiocombo.o.gz
I don't know what "Unresolved sysmbols" means. I don't know why references are made to sound/oss/viaaudiocombo.o.gz I do know that this error never kept the wireless from working.

8. I boot Puppy 1.0.8rc1 from a Memorex TravelDrive 512 USB. It operates under Windows XP when booting from the hard disk. When I asked windows about the wireless, it reported a MAC address. In the console of Puppy the command ifconfig -a displayed information about eth0, eth1 and lo. The MAC address of eth1 matched the address reported by XP. So that was why I tried the change from eth0 to eth1. It worked and I guess I did the right thing.

9. I use BellSouth.net as my ISP. The router they gave me assigns an IP address automagically. So I used dhcpcd. If you have a static IP address you'll probably have to do some thing different here.

I did it just like this and it worked. I really don't know much about Puppy or Linux. If you send technical questions to me I probably won't be able to help you.

After I did this I restarted Puppy. No Wireless!!!! Crap! I had to do it all over again. but...

1. Rename ipw2200-1.0.1.tar.gz to ipw2200-1.0.1
2. Make a copy of /root/.etc/rc.d/rc.local0
I named my copy /root/.etc/rc.d/rc.local0_ORIGINAL
3. Edit /root/.etc/rc.d/rc.local0 and add the following:
#
#Wireless up at boot time
#Intel 2200BG - Dell Latitude 510 - Puppy 1.0.8rc1
cd /
tar -zxvf /root/ipw2200-1.0.1
depmod
modprobe ipw2200
iwconfig eth1 essid YOUR_SSID key YOUR_KEY mode Managed
dhcpcd -t 20 -h puppypc -d eth1
#That should do it
#
4. Save the file and restart - Open the Browser and surf.

Good luck with all this. I hope that it will be useful to someone.

revdoug
in sunny south Florida

Flash · Posted: Sun 26 Mar 2006, 06:55 Post subject:

Good job, revdoug! Smile

Thanks for the excellent writeup. I'm sure other beginners will find it helpful.