SMC2662W V.3 USB with puppy 5.2.8 nightmare :(

[buford]

just a example of what im trying to do below:

h-4.1# cd ..
sh-4.1# dir
at76503-0.11.tar.gz bin initrd mnt root sys var
atmelwlan-3.4.1.1.tar.gz dev lib opt sbin tmp
automake etc lost+found proc selinux usr
sh-4.1# tar -zxvf atmelwlan-3.4.1.1.tar.gz
./etc/pcmcia/atmel.conf
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/pcmf502r.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/pcmf502r3.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/pcmf502rd.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/pcmf502re.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/pcmf504.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/pcmf504A_2958.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/pcmf504_2958.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/pcifvnet.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/usbvnet5.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/usbvnet5A.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/usbvnet5AMX.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/usbvnet5_2958.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/atmelwlan/usbvnetr.o
sh-4.1# depmod
sh-4.1# modprobe at76c503-rfmd-acc
FATAL: Module at76c503_rfmd_acc not found.
sh-4.1# modprobe usbvnet5
FATAL: Module usbvnet5 not found.
sh-4.1# tar -zxvf at76503-0.11.tar.gz
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c503-i3861.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c503-i3863.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c503-rfmd-acc.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c503-rfmd.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c503.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c505-rfmd.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c505-rfmd2958.o
./lib/modules/2.4.29/net/wireless/at76c503/usbdfu.o
sh-4.1# depmod
sh-4.1# modprobe at76c503-rfmd-acc
FATAL: Module at76c503_rfmd_acc not found.
sh-4.1# modprobe at76c503-rfmd
FATAL: Module at76c503_rfmd not found.
sh-4.1# modprobe at76c503-rfmd-acc
FATAL: Module at76c503_rfmd_acc not found.
sh-4.1# modprobe at76c503-rfmd-acc
FATAL: Module at76c503_rfmd_acc not found.
sh-4.1# modprobe at76c503-rfmd-acc
FATAL: Module at76c503_rfmd_acc not found.
sh-4.1# modprobe at76c503-rfmd-acc
FATAL: Module at76c503_rfmd_acc not found.
sh-4.1# modprobe at76c503-rfmd-acc
FATAL: Module at76c503_rfmd_acc not found.
sh-4.1#

[tempestuous]

You need to be very careful about where you obtain drivers from, and what Puppy version/kernel version those drivers are compatible with.

... atmelwlan-3.4.1.1.tar.gz

That's the Atmel AT765XXx wifi drivers I contributed for Puppy version 1.0.4 way back in 2005!!
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Wifi/drivers-for-Puppy-1/
Instructions for this driver package's use and compatiblity are at the same location -
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Wifi/drivers- ... lan_README

Puppy 5.2.8 already contains a compatible driver for your wifi device - at76c50x-usb

If this (standard) driver doesn't work, you should do some troubleshooting - check the output of "dmesg".

[buford]

i rebooted to try to cut back on the length of dmesg but i dont think that helped.i didnt get a error message but i still dont think its working.

sh-4.1# modprobe at76c50x-usb
sh-4.1# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:B9:88:01:AD
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:28 Base address:0x6000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1168 (1.1 KiB) TX bytes:1168 (1.1 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:72:88:DD:63
inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:13258 (12.9 KiB) TX bytes:5579 (5.4 KiB)

sh-4.1# dmesg
037fef276 to 00100000 - 002d1276
ACPI: RSDP 000f7f00 00014 (v00 HPQOEM)
ACPI: RSDT 7fee3040 0003C (v01 HPQOEM SLIC-CPC 42302E31 NVDA 00000000)
ACPI: FACP 7fee30c0 00074 (v01 HPQOEM SLIC-CPC 42302E31 NVDA 00000000)
ACPI Warning: Optional field Pm2ControlBlock has zero address or length: 0000000000000000/1 (20091214/tbfadt-557)
ACPI: DSDT 7fee3180 05B41 (v01 HPQOEM SLIC-CPC 00001000 MSFT 0100000E)
ACPI: FACS 7fee0000 00040
ACPI: SSDT 7fee8e00 00206 (v01 HPQOEM SLIC-CPC 00000001 LTP 00000001)
ACPI: HPET 7fee9080 00038 (v01 HPQOEM SLIC-CPC 42302E31 NVDA 00000098)
ACPI: SLIC 7fee9100 00176 (v01 HPQOEM SLIC-CPC 00000001 MSFT 00000001)
ACPI: MCFG 7fee92c0 0003C (v01 HPQOEM SLIC-CPC 42302E31 NVDA 00000000)
ACPI: APIC 7fee8d40 0007C (v01 HPQOEM SLIC-CPC 42302E31 NVDA 00000000)
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
1158MB HIGHMEM available.
887MB LOWMEM available.
mapped low ram: 0 - 377fe000
low ram: 0 - 377fe000
node 0 low ram: 00000000 - 377fe000
node 0 bootmap 00016000 - 0001cf00
(14 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 00377fe000]
#0 [0000000000 - 0000001000] BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
#1 [0000001000 - 0000002000] EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000]
#2 [0001000000 - 000144c744] TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0001000000 - 000144c744]
#3 [000144d000 - 0001453740] BRK ==> [000144d000 - 0001453740]
#4 [00000f3ea0 - 0000100000] BIOS reserved ==> [00000f3ea0 - 0000100000]
#5 [00000f3e90 - 00000f3ea0] MP-table mpf ==> [00000f3e90 - 00000f3ea0]
#6 [000009b800 - 00000f2354] BIOS reserved ==> [000009b800 - 00000f2354]
#7 [00000f24a8 - 00000f3e90] BIOS reserved ==> [00000f24a8 - 00000f3e90]
#8 [00000f2354 - 00000f24a8] MP-table mpc ==> [00000f2354 - 00000f24a8]
#9 [0000010000 - 0000011000] TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000010000 - 0000011000]
#10 [0000011000 - 0000015000] ACPI WAKEUP ==> [0000011000 - 0000015000]
#11 [0000015000 - 0000016000] PGTABLE ==> [0000015000 - 0000016000]
#12 [0000100000 - 00002d1277] NEW RAMDISK ==> [0000100000 - 00002d1277]
#13 [0000016000 - 000001d000] BOOTMAP ==> [0000016000 - 000001d000]
Zone PFN ranges:
DMA 0x00000010 -> 0x00001000
Normal 0x00001000 -> 0x000377fe
HighMem 0x000377fe -> 0x0007fee0
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
0: 0x00000010 -> 0x0000009b
0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0007fee0
On node 0 totalpages: 523883
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c13c1ac0, node_mem_map c1455200
DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
DMA zone: 3947 pages, LIFO batch:0
Normal zone: 1744 pages used for memmap
Normal zone: 221486 pages, LIFO batch:31
HighMem zone: 2318 pages used for memmap
HighMem zone: 294356 pages, LIFO batch:31
Using APIC driver default
Detected use of extended apic ids on hypertransport bus
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 2, version 17, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 14 global_irq 14 high edge)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 15 global_irq 15 high edge)
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ14 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ15 used by override.
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
ACPI: HPET id: 0x10de8201 base: 0xfeff0000
SMP: Allowing 2 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
nr_irqs_gsi: 24
Allocating PCI resources starting at 7ff00000 (gap: 7ff00000:70100000)
setup_percpu: NR_CPUS:4 nr_cpumask_bits:4 nr_cpu_ids:2 nr_node_ids:1
PERCPU: Embedded 12 pages/cpu @c2800000 s25816 r0 d23336 u2097152
pcpu-alloc: s25816 r0 d23336 u2097152 alloc=1*4194304
pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 1
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 519789
Kernel command line: pmedia=atahd psubdir=528
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Initializing CPU#0
Initializing HighMem for node 0 (000377fe:0007fee0)
Memory: 2070872k/2096000k available (2614k kernel code, 23640k reserved, 1250k data, 328k init, 1186696k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
fixmap : 0xfff6a000 - 0xfffff000 ( 596 kB)
pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
vmalloc : 0xf7ffe000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 120 MB)
lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xf77fe000 ( 887 MB)
.init : 0xc13c7000 - 0xc1419000 ( 328 kB)
.data : 0xc128d936 - 0xc13c62e0 (1250 kB)
.text : 0xc1000000 - 0xc128d936 (2614 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
Hierarchical RCU implementation.
NR_IRQS:384
spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
hpet clockevent registered
Fast TSC calibration using PIT
Detected 2109.308 MHz processor.
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 4218.61 BogoMIPS (lpj=8437232)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
mce: CPU supports 5 MCE banks
using C1E aware idle routine
Performance Events: AMD PMU driver.
... version: 0
... bit width: 48
... generic registers: 4
... value mask: 0000ffffffffffff
... max period: 00007fffffffffff
... fixed-purpose events: 0
... event mask: 000000000000000f
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
ACPI: Core revision 20091214
Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs
..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
CPU0: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+ stepping 01
Booting Node 0, Processors #1 Ok.
Initializing CPU#1
Brought up 2 CPUs
Total of 2 processors activated (8437.76 BogoMIPS).
NET: Registered protocol family 16
EISA bus registered
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-3f] at [mem 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff] (base 0xf0000000)
PCI: MMCONFIG at [mem 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff] reserved in E820
PCI: Using MMCONFIG for extended config space
PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S5)
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: No dock devices found.
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: ignoring host bridge windows from ACPI; boot with "pci=use_crs" to use them
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [io 0x0000-0x03af] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [io 0x03e0-0x0cf7] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [io 0x8000-0xffff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [io 0x03b0-0x03df] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0x80000000-0xefffffff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0xf4000000-0xfe02ffff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed44fff] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [io 0x4700-0x470b] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [io 0x1c00-0x1c7e] invalid; aligning end to 4-byte boundary
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [io 0x1c00-0x1c7f] (ignored)
pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0xfec80000-0xfecbffff] (ignored)
pci 0000:00:01.1: reg 10: [io 0xfc00-0xfc3f]
pci 0000:00:01.1: reg 20: [io 0x1c00-0x1c3f]
pci 0000:00:01.1: reg 24: [io 0xf400-0xf43f]
pci 0000:00:01.1: PME# supported from D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:01.1: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 10: [mem 0xfe02f000-0xfe02ffff]
pci 0000:00:02.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:00:02.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:02.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:02.1: reg 10: [mem 0xfe02e000-0xfe02e0ff]
pci 0000:00:02.1: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:00:02.1: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:02.1: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:05.0: reg 10: [mem 0xfe024000-0xfe027fff]
pci 0000:00:05.0: PME# supported from D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:05.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:06.0: reg 20: [io 0xf000-0xf00f]
pci 0000:00:07.0: reg 10: [mem 0xfe02d000-0xfe02dfff]
pci 0000:00:07.0: reg 14: [io 0xec00-0xec07]
pci 0000:00:07.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:00:07.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:07.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:08.0: reg 10: [io 0x09f0-0x09f7]
pci 0000:00:08.0: reg 14: [io 0x0bf0-0x0bf3]
pci 0000:00:08.0: reg 18: [io 0x0970-0x0977]
pci 0000:00:08.0: reg 1c: [io 0x0b70-0x0b73]
pci 0000:00:08.0: reg 20: [io 0xd800-0xd80f]
pci 0000:00:08.0: reg 24: [mem 0xfe02c000-0xfe02cfff]
pci 0000:00:08.1: reg 10: [io 0x09e0-0x09e7]
pci 0000:00:08.1: reg 14: [io 0x0be0-0x0be3]
pci 0000:00:08.1: reg 18: [io 0x0960-0x0967]
pci 0000:00:08.1: reg 1c: [io 0x0b60-0x0b63]
pci 0000:00:08.1: reg 20: [io 0xc400-0xc40f]
pci 0000:00:08.1: reg 24: [mem 0xfe02b000-0xfe02bfff]
pci 0000:00:09.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:09.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:0b.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:0b.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:0c.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:0c.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:01:09.0: reg 10: [mem 0xfdfff000-0xfdfff7ff]
pci 0000:01:09.0: reg 14: [io 0xbc00-0xbc7f]
pci 0000:01:09.0: supports D2
pci 0000:01:09.0: PME# supported from D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:01:09.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:04.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01] (subtractive decode)
pci 0000:00:04.0: bridge window [io 0xb000-0xbfff]
pci 0000:00:04.0: bridge window [mem 0xfdf00000-0xfdffffff]
pci 0000:00:04.0: bridge window [mem 0xfde00000-0xfdefffff pref]
pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 18: [mem 0xfdde0000-0xfddeffff 64bit]
pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 20: [io 0xac00-0xacff]
pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 30: [mem 0x00000000-0x0001ffff pref]
pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:02:00.1: reg 10: [mem 0xfddfc000-0xfddfffff 64bit]
pci 0000:02:00.1: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:00:09.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02-02]
pci 0000:00:09.0: bridge window [io 0xa000-0xafff]
pci 0000:00:09.0: bridge window [mem 0xfdd00000-0xfddfffff]
pci 0000:00:09.0: bridge window [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:00:0b.0: PCI bridge to [bus 03-03]
pci 0000:00:0b.0: bridge window [io 0x9000-0x9fff]
pci 0000:00:0b.0: bridge window [mem 0xfdc00000-0xfdcfffff]
pci 0000:00:0b.0: bridge window [mem 0xfdb00000-0xfdbfffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:00:0c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 04-04]
pci 0000:00:0c.0: bridge window [io 0x8000-0x8fff]
pci 0000:00:0c.0: bridge window [mem 0xfda00000-0xfdafffff]
pci 0000:00:0c.0: bridge window [mem 0xfd900000-0xfd9fffff 64bit pref]
pci_bus 0000:00: on NUMA node 0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK2] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK3] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK4] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK5] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK6] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK7] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK8] (IRQs *5 7 9 10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LIGP] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LP2P] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUBA] (IRQs *5 7 9 10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMAC] (IRQs *5 7 9 10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] (IRQs 5 7 9 *10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LPMU] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSMB] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUB2] (IRQs 5 7 9 *10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LIDE] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSID] (IRQs 5 7 9 *10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LFID] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC1] (IRQs 16) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC2] (IRQs 17) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC3] (IRQs 18) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC4] (IRQs 19) *0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC5] (IRQs 16) *0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC6] (IRQs 16) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC7] (IRQs 16) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC8] (IRQs 16) *0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AIGP] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCF] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCH] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APMU] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AAZA] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCS] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCL] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCM] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCZ] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSI] (IRQs 23) *0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSJ] (IRQs 23) *0
vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:02:00.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
vgaarb: loaded
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: pci_cache_line_size set to 64 bytes
HPET: 3 timers in total, 0 timers will be used for per-cpu timer
hpet0: at MMIO 0xfeff0000, IRQs 2, 8, 31
hpet0: 3 comparators, 32-bit 25.000000 MHz counter
Switching to clocksource hpet
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
system 00:01: [io 0x1000-0x107f] has been reserved
system 00:01: [io 0x1080-0x10ff] has been reserved
system 00:01: [io 0x1400-0x147f] has been reserved
system 00:01: [io 0x1480-0x14ff] has been reserved
system 00:01: [io 0x1800-0x187f] has been reserved
system 00:01: [io 0x1880-0x18ff] has been reserved
system 00:01: [io 0x2000-0x207f] has been reserved
system 00:01: [io 0x2080-0x20ff] has been reserved
system 00:01: [mem 0xfefe0000-0xfefe01ff] has been reserved
system 00:01: [mem 0xfefe1000-0xfefe10ff] has been reserved
system 00:02: [io 0x04d0-0x04d1] has been reserved
system 00:02: [io 0x0800-0x087f] has been reserved
system 00:02: [io 0x0290-0x0297] has been reserved
system 00:09: [mem 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff] has been reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0x000f0000-0x000fffff] could not be reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0xfeff0000-0xfeff00ff] has been reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0x7fee0000-0x7fefffff] could not be reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0xffff0000-0xffffffff] has been reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0x00000000-0x0009ffff] could not be reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0x00100000-0x7fedffff] could not be reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff] could not be reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0xfee00000-0xfeefffff] has been reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0xfefff000-0xfeffffff] has been reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0xfff80000-0xfff80fff] has been reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0xfff90000-0xfffbffff] has been reserved
system 00:0a: [mem 0xfffed000-0xfffeffff] has been reserved
pci 0000:00:04.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
pci 0000:00:04.0: bridge window [io 0xb000-0xbfff]
pci 0000:00:04.0: bridge window [mem 0xfdf00000-0xfdffffff]
pci 0000:00:04.0: bridge window [mem 0xfde00000-0xfdefffff pref]
pci 0000:02:00.0: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0xfdd00000-0xfdd1ffff pref]
pci 0000:00:09.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02-02]
pci 0000:00:09.0: bridge window [io 0xa000-0xafff]
pci 0000:00:09.0: bridge window [mem 0xfdd00000-0xfddfffff]
pci 0000:00:09.0: bridge window [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:00:0b.0: PCI bridge to [bus 03-03]
pci 0000:00:0b.0: bridge window [io 0x9000-0x9fff]
pci 0000:00:0b.0: bridge window [mem 0xfdc00000-0xfdcfffff]
pci 0000:00:0b.0: bridge window [mem 0xfdb00000-0xfdbfffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:00:0c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 04-04]
pci 0000:00:0c.0: bridge window [io 0x8000-0x8fff]
pci 0000:00:0c.0: bridge window [mem 0xfda00000-0xfdafffff]
pci 0000:00:0c.0: bridge window [mem 0xfd900000-0xfd9fffff 64bit pref]
pci 0000:00:04.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:00:09.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:00:0b.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:00:0c.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci_bus 0000:00: resource 0 [io 0x0000-0xffff]
pci_bus 0000:00: resource 1 [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 [io 0xb000-0xbfff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 [mem 0xfdf00000-0xfdffffff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 [mem 0xfde00000-0xfdefffff pref]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 3 [io 0x0000-0xffff]
pci_bus 0000:01: resource 4 [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffff]
pci_bus 0000:02: resource 0 [io 0xa000-0xafff]
pci_bus 0000:02: resource 1 [mem 0xfdd00000-0xfddfffff]
pci_bus 0000:02: resource 2 [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff 64bit pref]
pci_bus 0000:03: resource 0 [io 0x9000-0x9fff]
pci_bus 0000:03: resource 1 [mem 0xfdc00000-0xfdcfffff]
pci_bus 0000:03: resource 2 [mem 0xfdb00000-0xfdbfffff 64bit pref]
pci_bus 0000:04: resource 0 [io 0x8000-0x8fff]
pci_bus 0000:04: resource 1 [mem 0xfda00000-0xfdafffff]
pci_bus 0000:04: resource 2 [mem 0xfd900000-0xfd9fffff 64bit pref]
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
UDP-Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
NET: Registered protocol family 1
pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
pci 0000:02:00.0: Boot video device
PCI: CLS 64 bytes, default 64
Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
Freeing initrd memory: 1860k freed
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
NTFS driver 2.1.29 [Flags: R/W].
msgmni has been set to 1732
alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
pcieport 0000:00:09.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport 0000:00:09.0: irq 24 for MSI/MSI-X
pcieport 0000:00:0b.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport 0000:00:0b.0: irq 25 for MSI/MSI-X
pcieport 0000:00:0c.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport 0000:00:0c.0: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12b
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
brd: module loaded
loop: module loaded
sata_nv 0000:00:08.0: version 3.5
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSI] enabled at IRQ 23
sata_nv 0000:00:08.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APSI] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
sata_nv 0000:00:08.0: setting latency timer to 64
scsi0 : sata_nv
scsi1 : sata_nv
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9f0 ctl 0xbf0 bmdma 0xd800 irq 23
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x970 ctl 0xb70 bmdma 0xd808 irq 23
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSJ] enabled at IRQ 23
sata_nv 0000:00:08.1: PCI INT B -> Link[APSJ] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
sata_nv 0000:00:08.1: setting latency timer to 64
scsi2 : sata_nv
scsi3 : sata_nv
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9e0 ctl 0xbe0 bmdma 0xc400 irq 23
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x960 ctl 0xb60 bmdma 0xc408 irq 23
pata_amd 0000:00:06.0: version 0.4.1
pata_amd 0000:00:06.0: setting latency timer to 64
scsi4 : pata_amd
scsi5 : pata_amd
ata5: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xf000 irq 14
ata6: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xf008 irq 15
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata3.00: ATA-7: ST3360320AS, 3.CHN, max UDMA/100
ata3.00: 703282608 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata2.00: ATA-8: WDC WD5000AADS-00S9B0, 01.00A01, max UDMA/133
ata2.00: 976773168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD5000AADS-0 01.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST3360320AS 3.CH PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 703282608 512-byte logical blocks: (360 GB/335 GiB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sda:
sdb: sda1 sda3
sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
sdb1
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata6: port disabled. ignoring.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 328k freed
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCL] enabled at IRQ 22
ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: PCI INT B -> Link[APCL] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: setting latency timer to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: cache line size of 64 is not supported
ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: irq 22, io mem 0xfe02e000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 10 ports detected
ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCF] enabled at IRQ 21
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APCF] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: irq 21, io mem 0xfe02f000
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 10 ports detected
squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: USB HID core driver
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
aufs 2-standalone.tree-33-20100329
fuse init (API version 7.13)
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-4: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
input: Logitech USB Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-4/2-4:1.0/input/input1
generic-usb 0003:046D:C05A.0001: input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:02.0-4/input0
usb 2-9: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
scsi6 : usb-storage 2-9:1.0
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic USB SD Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
scsi 6:0:0:1: Direct-Access Generic USB CF Reader 1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
scsi 6:0:0:2: Direct-Access Generic USB SM Reader 1.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 6:0:0:1: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 3862528 512-byte logical blocks: (1.97 GB/1.84 GiB)
sd 6:0:0:2: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
scsi 6:0:0:3: Direct-Access Generic USB MS Reader 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 6:0:0:3: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdc: sdc1
usb-storage: device scan complete
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
EXT2-fs (sda1): warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs (loop1): using internal journal
EXT3-fs (loop1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
EXT2-fs (sda1): warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
aufs test_add:248:mount[1149]: uid/gid/perm /pup_ro2 0/0/0777, 0/0/0755
udev: starting version 151
input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input2
ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3
ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (40 C)
ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
i2c i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x1c00
i2c i2c-1: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0xf400
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.64.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCH] enabled at IRQ 20
forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APCH] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: setting latency timer to 64
sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
sd 6:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
sd 6:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
sd 6:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC4] enabled at IRQ 19
ohci1394 0000:01:09.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC4] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ohci1394 0000:01:09.0: setting latency timer to 64
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[19] MMIO=[fdfff000-fdfff7ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x732 @ 1, addr 00:1b:b9:88:01:ad
forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: highdma pwrctl mgmt lnktim msi desc-v3
k8temp 0000:00:18.3: Temperature readouts might be wrong - check erratum #141
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input4
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AAZA] enabled at IRQ 22
HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT B -> Link[AAZA] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
cfg80211: Regulatory domain: 00
(start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
(2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
(2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
(2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
(5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
(5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
Atmel at76x USB Wireless LAN Driver 0.17 loading
usb 2-2: firmware: requesting atmel_at76c503-rfmd-acc.bin
usb 2-2: firmware atmel_at76c503-rfmd-acc.bin not found!
usb 2-2: you may need to download the firmware from http://developer.berlios.de/projects/at76c503a/
at76c50x-usb: probe of 2-2:1.0 failed with error -2
usbcore: registered new interface driver at76c50x-usb
usb 1-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: phy0
usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[00000ae6ffc56984]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC5] enabled at IRQ 16
HDA Intel 0000:02:00.1: PCI INT B -> Link[APC5] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
HDA Intel 0000:02:00.1: irq 27 for MSI/MSI-X
HDA Intel 0000:02:00.1: setting latency timer to 64
forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: irq 28 for MSI/MSI-X
eth0: no link during initialization.
usb 1-1: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub
usb 1-1: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr
zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: firmware version 4725
zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: zd1211b chip 0ace:1215 v4810 high 00-02-72 AL2230_RF pa0 g--NS
cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: DE
forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: irq 28 for MSI/MSI-X
eth0: no link during initialization.
forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: irq 28 for MSI/MSI-X
eth0: no link during initialization.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC8] enabled at IRQ 16
pci 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC8] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[drm] radeon defaulting to userspace modesetting.
pci 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[drm] Initialized radeon 1.32.0 20080528 for 0000:02:00.0 on minor 0
[drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
[drm] Loading RV710 CP Microcode
platform r600_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/RV710_pfp.bin
platform r600_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/RV710_me.bin
[drm] Resetting GPU
[drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1b:2f:e2:5c:f0 (try 1)
wlan0: direct probe responded
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1b:2f:e2:5c:f0 (try 1)
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:1b:2f:e2:5c:f0 (try 1)
wlan0: associate with AP 00:1b:2f:e2:5c:f0 (try 2)
wlan0: associate with AP 00:1b:2f:e2:5c:f0 (try 3)
wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1b:2f:e2:5c:f0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2)
wlan0: associated
wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1b:2f:e2:5c:f0 by local choice (reason=3)
wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:13:46:46:42:dc (try 1)
wlan0: direct probe responded
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:13:46:46:42:dc (try 1)
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:13:46:46:42:dc (try 1)
wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:13:46:46:42:dc (capab=0x421 status=0 aid=1)
wlan0: associated
wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:13:46:46:42:dc by local choice (reason=3)
wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:0f:b5:1fe0 (try 1)
wlan0: direct probe responded
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0f:b5:1fe0 (try 1)
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:0f:b5:1fe0 (try 1)
wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:0f:b5:1fe0 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=5)
wlan0: associated
sh-4.1#

[tempestuous]

Your dmesg results look 100% healthy.
If nothing else, this demonstrates how our Puppy community, particularly new users, need to concentrate on configuration rather than assuming that a "new" or "different" driver will be a convenient cure-all.

zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: phy0

Puppy has automatically loaded the zd1211rw wifi driver. So obviously there's no need to forcibly load the Atmel wifi driver - it's the wrong driver! Are you sure you have an SMC2662W? Do you maybe have the "SMCWUSB-G" wifi dongle instead?

usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw
...
wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1b:2f:e2:5c:f0 (try 1)

The zd1211rw driver has successfully created a network interface; wlan0. So the driver is at least working in a basic sense.

wlan0: associate with AP 00:1b:2f:e2:5c:f0 (try 3)
wlan0: associated
wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1b:2f:e2:5c:f0 by local choice (reason=3)
...
wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:13:46:46:42:dc (try 1)
wlan0: associated
wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:13:46:46:42:dc by local choice (reason=3)
...
wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:0f:b5:1fe0 (try 1)
wlan0: associated

Here you can see that your interface has tried to associate with 2 different wifi access points, then disconnected, probably because it could not establish encryption with these access points.
Then your interface successfully associates with wifi access point 00:0f:b5:1fe0.

Maybe you just need to configure your wifi connection properly. You're using the full Network Wizard, right?
Don't use the "Simple Network Setup".

Also, make sure you know exactly what type of encryption your Wifi router is using - WEP, WPA, or WPA2. Sometimes one form of WPA encryption will work with your wifi device, when the other won't. To change the encryption-type of your router, you need to get into the router's administrative setup - this is usually done with a browser interface from an ethernet-connected computer.

[buford]

zd1211rw wifi driver. is my hfield wifire adaptor, im using this to be online right now.

i was figuring the SMC2662W will be wlan1 i will be using it on a different PC for my g/f ,she is upset because i cant get it to work for linux.So it isnt even going to stay on this computer.

[buford]

also curious to if TP-LINK TL-WN722N would work with newer puppy versions, as im thinking about buying a few of these.

[tempestuous]

zd1211rw wifi driver is my hfield wifire adaptor, im using this to be online right now.

It's difficult to diagnose your dmesg results when I don't know what your hardware setup is.

sh-4.1# dmesg
...
Atmel at76x USB Wireless LAN Driver 0.17 loading
usb 2-2: firmware: requesting atmel_at76c503-rfmd-acc.bin
usb 2-2: firmware atmel_at76c503-rfmd-acc.bin not found!

It appears that the necessary firmware is not available. Puppy definitely contains the correct firmware - but it's compressed at /lib/modules/all-firmware
and I think the configuration file at /etc/modules has an error.
Here's a quick fix - just install the firmware dotpet I now attach. Then reboot.

[tempestuous]

also curious to if TP-LINK TL-WN722N would work with newer puppy versions

Yes, it uses the new ath9k_htc driver, not available in Puppy Lucid, but available from Slacko onwards.

[buford]

you are amazing, will try it soon and let you know

[buford]

it all seems to work