How to get online with LinkSys or Belkin PCMCIA wifi card?

[mimsmall]

PuppyOS 2.12 live CD. HP pavillion ze4400. I have two pcmcia cards. Belkin F5D7011 ver1101 and LinkSys WPC54G v3.

With which of these cards do I have the best chance to get a reliable wifi connection. My connections are to public hotspots.

The power light on the LinkSys comes on when I boot up, but not the Belkin. Setup->Network interface only shows eth0 for either card.

When the LynkSys card is plugged in:

sh-3.00# lspci -v
00:00.0 Class 0600: 1002:cab0 (rev 13)
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32
Memory at d4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Memory at d0500000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 8090 [disabled]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0

00:01.0 Class 0604: 1002:700f (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 99
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=68
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: d0100000-d01fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-efffffff

00:02.0 Class 0c03: 10b9:5237 (rev 03) (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: 103c:0024
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 Class 0401: 10b9:5451 (rev 02)
Subsystem: 103c:0024
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
I/O ports at 8400
Memory at d0001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

00:07.0 Class 0601: 10b9:1533
Subsystem: 10b9:1533
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 1

00:08.0 Class 0703: 10b9:5457
Subsystem: 103c:0024
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 3
Memory at d0002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 8800
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

00:0a.0 Class 0607: 1217:6972
Subsystem: 103c:0024
Flags: bus master, stepping, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]



Subsystem: 103c:0024
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 90, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 8c00
Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 10000000-11fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 12000000-13fff000
I/O window 0: 00001000-000010ff
I/O window 1: 00001400-000014ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

00:10.0 Class 0101: 10b9:5229 (rev c4) (prog-if b0)
Subsystem: 103c:0024
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at 8080
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

00:11.0 Class 0680: 10b9:7101
Subsystem: 103c:0024
Flags: medium devsel


Memory at d0003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at 14000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

01:05.0 Class 0300: 1002:4336
Subsystem: 103c:0024
Flags: bus master, stepping, fast Back2Back, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 10
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 9000
Memory at d0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at d0120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

02:00.0 Class 0280: 14e4:4318 (rev 02)
Subsystem: 1737:0048
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at 12000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8K]

Thanks for helping me out.

[Shagbag]

I'm no wireless guru but I do know that linux support for wireless depends to a large extent on the chipset used in the wireless card. Most chipsets (though not all) have open source kernel modules available for them. Btw, a kernel module is the same thing as a 'device driver'. For those that don't have open source kernel modules you have to use ndiswrapper + the windoze device drivers that come on the CD with the wireless card (or you can download them from the manufacturer's web site).

So quoting the wireless card make and model, - while useful - is not what you really need to know. You need to know the chipset. Just google your cards' make, model and 'chipset' and you should be able to find it. Once you've got it you can then go about identifying the kernel module you need to load using the modprobe command.

Unless, of course, you get lucky and someone reading your post has experience with your cards and can tell you what to do straight away.

[mark2]

You possibly have the same chipset on both cards, I have the same belkin card as yours, it needs the broadcom chipset, it also appears your Linksys is using a broadcom chipset, you could try following the instructions in the last couple of posts in this thread

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 2&start=30