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EditionLocus · Joined: 21 Sep 2008 Posts: 21

Dell Latitude 131L notebook
Broadcom B43 wireless
Lucid Puppy

The setup screen says it's a "PCMCIA" device, but it is entirely inside the computer. This is a wireless adapter that did not work with previous versions of Puppy Linux. I booted Lucid from a flash drive, and the network wizard configured my wireless by itself on the first try.

I am quite pleased, as this was the barrier to me adopting Puppy.

edoc · Posted: Thu 08 Jul 2010, 10:29 Post subject:

Welcome to Puppy!

If you disassemble a Wifi PCMCIA card you will discover that it is mostly just a shell with a card inside of it. That is what you have inside of your computer.

pzkfwg · Joined: 11 Aug 2010 Posts: 5

See http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58678

The module B43 loads, but the interface is not found. I'm trying to compile a wl.ko driver as per http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

Thank you.

pzkfwg · Joined: 11 Aug 2010 Posts: 5

See http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=55792&sid=3523c20c4de17c477568385236b0ad46.

Would be nice if wl.ko was working out of though...

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

pzkfwg

Insomniacno1 · Joined: 24 Jul 2009 Posts: 59

SMC EZ Connect G USB 2.0(Works with 1.1 too) P/N: 98-012084-701EU
Model: SMCWUSB-G

It works out of the box(no driver needed), with: WEP,WPA,WPA2(TKIP-AES)

Works with version 4.1.2 and up through 5.x.x

Just set it up through the Connect button on the desktop. Also it might be a good idea for those who use 3G LAN ZTE MF600 modem(not USB) and AP or Router to give this(SMC) an Static IP.

Regards

JBJ

Maltese · Joined: 25 Feb 2011 Posts: 1

Device: Netgear WPN111
Puppy version: 5.2
Interface: USB
Chipset: Atheros 2414
Device Driver:
WiFi protocols: 802.11g tested, I assume b and a are valid and working as well
Security: WEP tested (128-bit key)

Being a newbie, a got a Netgear WPN111 usb card working with Lucid Puppy 5.2 after some modifications.

Firstly I tried to use the Puppy network wizard. Even after loading ndiswrapper and using the proper card .inf file, there was no new interface reported.
Then I followed the following advice found in the net:

Daevyd · Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 6 Location: Ohio

I was able to utilize ndiswrapper to install the windows driver. After some trial and error Puppys connection wizard was able to get me online! I had been working on this for a year! I was finally able to revive an old Thinkpad 570 with NO optical or floppy drives! It's slow but it works. Now I just need to find a lightweight browser to speed things up a bit. Puppy rocks!!

axel_2078 · Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 6 Location: Fairview Heights, IL

I still haven't found a way to get my D-link DWL-G650 PCMCIA card working with Puppy Linux 5.2. I didn't see it in the list of confirmed cards, so I might be out of luck. Pity though since it works fine under Ubuntu and Fedora.

Frank78 · Joined: 01 Apr 2011 Posts: 4

Hey everyone - I'm new to this forum Smile

I have been welcomed to the world of Puppy Linux as of 1 week ago. My Windows XP system won't boot up and I am using Puppy Linux CD to boot my computer and transfer my files to an external hard drive before I try something like a fixmbr command...probably will end up doing a clean install and then also installing Puppy Linux too Smile

I can't get my wireless card to detect via the network wizard and am using Lucid Puppy 5.2. I have an ASUS P5LD2 deluxe motherboard (few years old now) with an inbuilt Wireless card.

As detailed in the Puppy hardware info, my wireless chip is a:
Marvell 88W8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 43)

I have tried loading various modules, including one for Marvell and they load up but then I get a message saying nothing new was detected. I have also tried using ndiswrapper to load up the windows driver.

This is the tricky part - I can't get into Windows to see what the actual driver name is so I've tried loading a couple of .inf files that I thought were correct, but this doesn't detect any cards either. I've tried the driver CD also but that didn't do anything either. My ethernet adapter works fine.

Any ideas? I can post further hardware info here if required.
thank you in advance Smile

frank

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

axel_2078
Drivers are dependent on card versions, as chipsets are often changed/updated

I think that card usually uses the madwifi or PrismGT driver

Frank78

Try PMing tempestuous, and see if he can help, as he's the driver king

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/privmsg.php?mode=post&u=217

Aitch Smile

Frank78 · Joined: 01 Apr 2011 Posts: 4

Thanks. I have sent him a message Smile

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4944 Location: Australia

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4944 Location: Australia

Frank78 · Joined: 01 Apr 2011 Posts: 4

Yeah it's got a tv tuner on here too Wink

Well I'm on the iPhone now but I booted up puppy to run that command. Can't paste it to you as my Internet isn't hooked up without me running a cable halfway across the house. I think the output you're after is this line:
01:0f.0 0200: 11ab:2a01 (rev 43)

If you need the full dump I can connect my cable and copy n paste it. Thank you!