Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

timjeremiah · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2

So I am knew to puppy linux and these forums, and while trying to configure my wireless on my dell inspiron 1501 i came across drivers that worked and didnt work using the auto probe
Drivers That Didnt Work:
8139cp
Driver that worked:
b43

All In All, thats the driver you are going to want to look for trying to configure wireless connectivity, using Puppy Linux, on a Dell Inspiron 1501

-Tim

darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2218 Location: near here

Thanks for the info

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4950 Location: Australia

... but which version of Puppy?

The Broadcom wifi devices in Dell/HP notebooks are notoriously non-standard, and in many cases fail to work with the opensource b43 Linux driver.
This situation is now fixed with the b43 driver in the very latest kernels, such as found in Puppy Quirky and Lupu.

But with older kernels such as 2.6.30.5 in Puppy 4.3, Dell/HP users need to use the customised
"Special Puppy431 for broadcom 4312 wifi cards"
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=50570
which has the proprietary Broadcom wifi driver.

timjeremiah · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2

O I'm sorry, I was so excited when I realized how easy it was to get my wifi working in a version of linux that I forgot to tell everyone I'm running lupu

tempestuous · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 4950 Location: Australia