Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11n wireles PCI NIC
Posted: Sun 04 Sep 2011, 14:57
I have a Toshiba NB505 netbook with Realtek RTL8188 wireless LAN 802.11n nic, and use a
Samsung 4G LTE mifi with it. This netbook came with Window 7 and Norton Anti-Virus installed; with the constant (and I do mean constant) up- dates, patches, fixes, security notices, etc. all my prepaid data is being used up on downloads I don't want or care about. I'm starting to feel like a badly payed employee of Microsoft. After many attempts at turning off these "services", and weeks of being interrupted continually by notices of Security Risk! and Your Computer May be at Risk! and other dramatic nonsense, I decided to use some kind of Linux via usb stick and Puppy is the one that likes my netbook most.
Problem is it can't see my wireless and has no driver for it. I have tried Lupu 525 and Wolfe 027 with no luck (I really love Wolfe).
I went to the Realtek website and downloaded a linux driver for my nic; it is a tarball. I haven't done anything with it yet, but I have cruised this website and searched out various posts relating to wireless. I haven't found exactly the info I need.
So, here is my question: Can I install this myself, just as any other software in tarball form, or is this beyond a beginner not familiar with the inner workings of Puppy?
Also, is there a puppy out there that some one knows for sure will work with this Realtek nic? (I tried the ndiswrapper but no success; also, desperate, tried each of the other modules in the wireless wizard. No go.)
Any help or information at all will be deeply appreciated as I am ready to throw my netbook and Windows 7 out the nearest window.
Samsung 4G LTE mifi with it. This netbook came with Window 7 and Norton Anti-Virus installed; with the constant (and I do mean constant) up- dates, patches, fixes, security notices, etc. all my prepaid data is being used up on downloads I don't want or care about. I'm starting to feel like a badly payed employee of Microsoft. After many attempts at turning off these "services", and weeks of being interrupted continually by notices of Security Risk! and Your Computer May be at Risk! and other dramatic nonsense, I decided to use some kind of Linux via usb stick and Puppy is the one that likes my netbook most.
Problem is it can't see my wireless and has no driver for it. I have tried Lupu 525 and Wolfe 027 with no luck (I really love Wolfe).
I went to the Realtek website and downloaded a linux driver for my nic; it is a tarball. I haven't done anything with it yet, but I have cruised this website and searched out various posts relating to wireless. I haven't found exactly the info I need.
So, here is my question: Can I install this myself, just as any other software in tarball form, or is this beyond a beginner not familiar with the inner workings of Puppy?
Also, is there a puppy out there that some one knows for sure will work with this Realtek nic? (I tried the ndiswrapper but no success; also, desperate, tried each of the other modules in the wireless wizard. No go.)
Any help or information at all will be deeply appreciated as I am ready to throw my netbook and Windows 7 out the nearest window.