I now seem to have this working fine. I don't know what I did other than I'm now using it as a live cd rather than a full install. I read somewhere that a live install can cause problems so maybe that was the reason?

Anyway - all ok!

I have a Pluscom USB wireless adapter with the same chip - ZD1211B - and have the same problem on my Acer Travelmate 312T. The module loads but Puppy still cannot detect a network interface. I tried the .pet from tempestuous but this didn't help either (not tried ndiswrapper - but dont want to as th...

Ok, I've tried the Lin n Win New B tutorial and it works! I got it succesfully working on my old Acer laptop running Win98SE, and also have it installed on my main pc running WindowsXP. The thing I like about it is that it is easy to do, requires no partioning and doesn't mess up windows! My only gr...

Thanks, muggins. I hadn't seen that before and it is really helpful. It seems to be exactly the solution I am looking for and is pitched at Linux Newbie level! So, a big thank you!

I'll let you know how I get on

Will this method work with Windows 98SE on a FAT partition? If not, is there an equivalent method?

I have an Acer travelmate laptop that has no built in drives and wont boot from USB.

Thanks for your reply Paul, I've not set up the Puppy Firewall and I am assuming it is not set by default. Please do let me know however, if this is not the case. As for the machine being in the allowed subnet - Well, I've set the machine to be assigned its IP address using DHCP so I assume everythi...

I've just managed to get Puppy Linux 4.0 up and running on an old Satellite Pro 4600 laptop. I'm pretty pleased because its one of the few distros I tried that allowed me to run my Belkin Wireless G PCMCIA network card (F5D7010uk) out of the box. However, in order to conect to the internet, I have t...