Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

PenguinPupLin · Joined: 23 Dec 2011 Posts: 126 Location: The Little Red Dot

My wireless pcmcia adapter,DLink DWL-G630, is not detected(no modem available),didn't even show in hardinfo.I'm running Classic Pup214X-TOP9 frugal installed on my Acer Travelmate notebook(since 2002),cpu 1.6GHz,512MB RAM,ALI chipset motherboard,80GB harddisk. Really hope you guys can help me to get it working as I'm about to give up as most of the Puppy Linux distros didn't work properly for this notebook(usually screen and touchpad no tapping,wireless networking problems) except Classic Pup214X-TOP9 and Quickset Wary511(this one works well,including the wireless networking) but I kind of like 214X better.
Edited: My wireless pcmcia adapter is now detected after I followed tempestuous' advice to update the rt61.sys driver, except that I'm still unable to establish a wpa connection,probably due to my ISP max 6 connections limitation;however blinky network status info showed that it was connected with sent and receive packets,just that the web pages won't load. Wonder whether it has anything to do with the wpa_supplicant.
Latest: It works after I changed wpa2 to wpa+tkip encryption on wlan0 configuration in Puppy,now my wireless wpa connection established.

RetroTechGuy · Joined: 15 Dec 2009 Posts: 2301 Location: USA

Two reports:

PCMCIA Trendnet TEW-441PC (11g card) works in Lupu 5.25 (Retro)

USB Trendnet TEW-424UB works under 5.20 and 5.28 (I believe I tested both, I'm sure that I tested the former -- I didn't yet try it under 5.25, but would guess it works).

kattman · Joined: 11 Jul 2008 Posts: 81

Premeirtek "Powerlink Speedy2" Is working great! Very Happy

Ralink 3072 chip
Its working in 528 , 528.004 and Racy 522 ( Racy needed the firmware file).

FYI: This is a high power usb b/g/n adapter with duel 5dbi antennas. Its the best $(2 Cool

you can spend if you want long rang and smooth videos streams.
I had to put my velco "ALFA AWUS036h (1watt 5dbi antenna)" to a window for a stable connection! This adapter sits on my desk working better! Smile

tommy · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 71 Location: Italy

I ripped a mini-pci ipn2220 wifi card off a broken wifi modem Exclamation

. Installed it on my laptop, then tried Puppy 4.3.1 and ndiswrapper, but the connection was slow, high latency, and downloads wouldn't complete (wget stopped after 4-6 MB ). I used i2220ntx.sys version 2.10.3.2004.
Then I tried other version of inf and sys win files in Puppy Racy 5.2 and it worked very well, perfect downloads, stable connection etc. The version of i2220ntx.sys file I found to be stable is: 2.22.08.2004. Just search "2.22.08.2004" AND inprocomm in google to find the right Windows driver or try this link:
http://wifi.uevora.pt/drivers/acer/ipn2220/acerwlan.zip

nilsonmorales · Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 279 Location: El salvador

chip rt3265sta works in lucid 528 puppy 420 and slacko 3.5.1
saluki020 and dpup exprimo 5x14

Pelo

very good job. 2013 : it would be worth to update it...
Medion P7624 connects the web with driver Atl1c atheros eth0
But IWLWIFI driver iwlagn hardly connect wireless with Puppies 4XXX and 3XXX (hardly means never for my own use)