Puppy 2.0 Wifi troubles

[Eric Nord]

I am trying to setup puppy to ditch the Windoze on my old Compaq Presario 1690 laptop (400 mhz AMD K-6, 192 mb ram).

I have a new to me D-Link DWL G650 wireless card, which is supposedly supported by MadWIFI, so I installed that dotpup, and now WAG finds my hardware, but can't set up the network.

WAG output:

not using PCMCIA

no module loaded
dhcpcd not running
wifi-beta not installed

ath0 enabled
no IP assigned to ath0
access point acquired
no signal from access point

2 wireless network(s) detected
error when scanning

Connected to:
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=0/94 Signal level=-95 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm

My router is a Westell 327w DSL modem and wireless router.

Any advice or suggestions appreciated - I am a linux newbie.

Thanks in advance.

Eric

[Flash]

Hah! Yesterday I tried for the first time to get my Netgear WG311 wifi PCI card to work. After much research I determined that it has the Artheros chipset and so uses the madwifi dotpup. After installing the dotpup I get the same results as Eric. I suspect it's just a matter of configuring something somewhere, but I haven't found it yet.

[Lobster]

You tried here?

http://www.dotpups.de/dotpups/Wifi/wireless-drivers/

[Flash]

Thanks, Lobster. That's where I got the madwifi driver I installed. So that step is apparently done. My question is, what more do I have to do besides install the driver so Puppy can use the card? Evidently there's a configuration or setup that is different from a regular ethernet connection.

Edit: I just discovered this thread. Looks like there could be some useful info in it.

[PaulBx1]

Er, did you remember to do the modprobe?

Check out the readme's that come from that site, Flash. Lots of good info there.

On my card I'm stuck with a madwifi issue, where I get MLME-REPLAYFAILURE errors, apparently a known issue with madwifi (I noticed an open bug report on the madwifi site, look with google), so I'm apparently back to the starting line. Need to go out and buy another NON-ATHEROS card, I guess.

[keenerd]

It looks like all you need to do is press the DHCP Toggle button to acquire an IP address.

[Eric Nord]

I tried the DHCP toggle - no dice. I'm sure there is some simple configuration I need to set, but being a linux newbie and a wifi newbie, I don't know what it is! I'll keep trying tho.

What is Wifi Beta?

Eric

[PaulBx1]

Eric, the wifi beta package is the collection of (I guess, correct me if I'm wrong guys) windows drivers that are known to work with the various chipsets if you use ndiswrapper. The driver in there that corresponds to my Atheros chipset is neta3ab.

In case you don't know, you have the choice of using ndiswrapper and a windows driver, or of using a native linux driver (if it's the Atheros chipset, that would be madwifi).

So far I can't get either to work with my Netgear WG511T

Hope you guys have better luck...

[r__hughes]

I tried the DHCP toggle - no dice. I'm sure there is some simple configuration I need to set, but being a linux newbie and a wifi newbie, I don't know what it is! I'll keep trying tho.

What is Wifi Beta?

Eric

Hi Eric, your driver is available in wifi-1.0.4-beta-2.pup available here -
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Wifi/

Download this and double-click to install it. Your wifi driver should be installed as a folder in /etc/ndiswrapper (mine is netdlwl also installed from wifi-1.0.4-beta-2.pup). You will also get some docs installed in my-documents/wifi/wifidotpup.html.

Check to see if your driver has been associaed with some hardware:
in Xterm type (note ~# is the prompt)
~# ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
2802w driver installed
airplus driver installed
bcmwl5 driver installed
bcmwl5a driver installed
gplus driver installed
mrv8k51 driver installed
mrv8ka51 driver installed
net8180 driver installed
neta3ab driver installed --- looks like yours (see wifidotpup.html)
netadm11 driver installed
netdlwl driver installed, hardware present -- mine
ntpr11ab driver installed
rt2500 driver installed
w22n51 driver installed
w70n51 driver installed
~#
~# modprobe ndiswrapper (type this to associate the driver with wlan0 or eth0)
~# dmesg (at the bottom you'll see see something like this---

ndiswrapper: using irq 5
wlan0: vendor: 'D-Link Air Wireless LAN Adapter'
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0f:3d:85:92:a3 using driver netdlwl, 1186:3300.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA; AES/CCMP with WPA
~#
then in Xterm type something like:
~# iwconfig wlan0 channel 3 essid Tango key 8877662109 mode Managed
~# dhcpcd -t 40 -h puppypc -d wlan0

(this is for a network named 'Tango' with WEP encryption key '8877662109' dishing out IPs
on channel 3) - change these parameters as appropriate

If all this works ie if you use Xterm and:
~#ipaddr (gives you your IP address)
~#ifconfig (confirms IP address)
~#iwconfig (gives you all your network parameters)
~#ping www.google.com (gives a line/sec of connection roundtime/ ctrl-c to exit)

then you can edit files to make it connect on bootup

1) Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local to add:
. /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless

2) In pup201 rc.wireless I had to change this
# /sbin/insmod ndiswrapper if_name=$DEVICE
modprobe ndiswrapper if_name=$DEVICE ##### new line

and uncomment this at the end
##################################################################
# Uncomment the following lines if you have a local DHCP server #
##################################################################

if [ -e /etc/dhcpc/*.pid ]; then
rm /etc/dhcpc/*.pid
fi
dhcpcd $DEVICE

3) In wireless.conf I entered
# ESSID (extended network name) : My Network, any
ESSID="Tango"
# NWID/Domain (cell identifier) : 89AB, 100, off
NWID=""
# Operation mode : Ad-Hoc, Managed, Master, Repeater, Secondary, auto
MODE="Managed"
# Frequency or channel : 1, 2, 3 (channel) ; 2.422G, 2.46G (frequency)
FREQ=""
CHANNEL="3"
# Sensitivity (cell size + roaming speed) : 1, 2, 3 ; -70 (dBm)
SENS=""
# Bit rate : auto, 1M, 11M
RATE=""
# Encryption key : 4567-89AB-CD, s:password
KEY="8877662109"
# RTS threshold : off, 500
RTS=""
# Fragmentation threshold : off, 1000
FRAG=""
# Other iwconfig parameters : power off, ap 01:23:45:67:89:AB
IWCONFIG=""
# iwspy parameters : + 01:23:45:67:89:AB
# IWSPY=""
# iwpriv parameters : set_port 2, set_histo 50 60
# IWPRIV=""

That's it - it comes up every time
Good Luck (and sorry this is so long)

[r__hughes]

This is an addendum to the previous message just to list the supported cards in the wifi-1.0.4-beta-2.pup package in case new users can't find solutions with preferred linux drivers for individual chipsets.

Driver file: 2802w
VID:PID 1260:3890
SMC2802W 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter

Driver file: airplus
VID:PID 104c:8400
D-Link AirPlus DWL-650+ Wireless Cardbus Adapter
D-Link AirPlus DWL-520+ Wireless PCI Adapter

Driver file: bcmwl5
VID:PID 14e4:4320
Linksys WPC54G 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter
Linksys WPC54GS 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter
Broadcom BCM94306 802.11g Mini-PCI

Driver file: bcmwl5a
VID:PID 14e4:4301
Broadcom 802.11b
VID:PID 14e4:4320
Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g

Driver file: gplus
VID:PID 104c:9066
D-Link AirPlus G+ DWL-G650+ Wireless Cardbus Adapter
D-Link AirPlus G+ DWL-G520+ Wireless PCI Adapter

Driver file: mrv8k51
VID:PID 11ab:1fa6
D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G630 Wireless Cardbus Adapter
D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G510 Wireless PCI Card

Driver file: mrv8ka51
VID:PID 11ab:1fa6
Marvell Libertas 802.11b/g Wireless SoftAP
VID:PID 11ab:1fa7
Marvell Libertas 802.11b/g Wireless SoftAP
ASUS 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Card
802.11b/g Wireless LAN Card

Driver file: net8180
VID:PID 10ec:8180
Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN (Mini-)PCI NIC

Driver file: neta3ab
VID:PID 168c:0013
D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter(rev.C)
D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless PCI Adapter(rev.B)
D-Link AirPremier DWL-AG530 Wireless PCI Adapter
VID:PID 168c:001a
D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G510 Wireless PCI Adapter(rev.B)
D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G630 Wireless Cardbus Adapter(rev.D)

Driver file: netadm11
VID:PID 1317:8201
ADMtek ADM8211 Wireless Adapter

Driver file: netdlwl
VID:PID 1186:3300
D-Link Air DWL-610 Wireless Cardbus Adapter
D-Link Air DWL-510 Wireless PCI Adapter

Driver file: ntpr11ab
VID:PID 168c:0012
ORiNOCO 802.11a/b ComboCard (Silver)

Driver file: rt2500
VID:PID 1814:0201
Ralink RT2500 Wireless LAN Card
ASUS 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Card
ZPlus-G361 802.11g WLAN PCI Adapter
ZPlus-G360 802.11g WLAN mini-PCI Adapter
ZPlus-G160 802.11g WLAN CardBus Adapter
AT&T Plug&Share 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter
AT&T Plug&Share 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Adapter
AMIT 802.11 g Wireless LAN PC Card
AMIT MINI 802.11 g Wireless LAN PC Card
AMIT PCI 802.11 g Wireless LAN PC Card
CastleNet WP1280 802.11 g Wireless LAN Card
Edimax EW-7108 Series 802.11g Wireless LAN PC Card
Edimax EW-7128 Series 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card
Hawking HWC54GR Hi-Speed Wireless-G CardBus Card
Hawking HWP54GR Hi-Speed Wireless-G PCI Card
Gigabyte WIKG mini PCI WLAN Card
Gigabyte WMKG Cardbus WLAN Card
Billionton 802.11 b/g Wireless LAN Card
Also 802.11 b/g Wireless LAN Cards from ASUS, AMIGO, QCOM, WLAN

Driver file: wn22n51
VID:PID 8086:4220
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection

Driver file: w70n51
VID:PID 8086:1043
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 7100 LAN Card Driver