Puppy 4 - problem detecting wireless router

[tom.poc]

Newbie to linux. Just started with Puppy 4 and it's great! Only problem is I can't connect to my wireless router. It's a cheap Talk Talk router with a Philips SNU5630 usb dongle and when I load the MS driver with ndiswrapper (using network wizard) and scan for the router it tells me that no networks found.

Any ideas what to do next?

Tom

[BarryK]

Did ndiswrapper install the driver ok? -- it should have been put into /etc/ndiswrapper.

You can test from a terminal... how does it go now...

# ndiswrapper -l
...this will verify if the device is there I think.

# modprobe ndiswrapper
...this will load the module.

# iwconfig
...you should be able to see the new interface.

[tom.poc]

Hi Barry

Ndiswrapper does load driver and iwconfig displays the device but with no associated access point.

I should be able to scan for the router before attempting to configure the dongle shouldn't I?

Tom

[tom.poc]

Anybody got any ideas on why I can't detect my wireless network.

Ndiswrapper says the driver is loaded but it can't detect the router signal even with my laptop next to router!

Could this be a driver problem? What do I try next?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Tom