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wireless / wifi cards confirmed to work in puppy - OLD LIST

#1 Post by cobelloy »

I have a netgear wg311v3 pci card and a pcmcia card of the same model and both were dirt cheap and work flawlessly in puppy and every other linux i have tried with ndiswrapper. they are far easier to set up and use in linux than in windows.

I notice a lot more interest in wifi these days, so I thought it would be a good idea to make a list of cards we have tried, please post with your card model and how well it works if at all, and if it works with linux drivers or ndiswrapper

the list so far is cards mentioned in many other posts, and is only the tip of the iceberg as yet. if you have one of these and want help getting it working, you will need to do a forum search for the card until I can put links to the right threads

updated list 28 July 2007 from posts found here - thankyou for contributing to the list

confirmed working
netgear wg311v3 pci/pcmcia - ndiswrapper
netgear wg511v3 - ndiswrapper
Atheros chipset D-link DWL-G630 wireless pcmcia card - ndiswrapper
MSI PC54G2 which has an RT2500 chipset - ndiswrapper
Dlink 510 PCI wireless card that has the atheros chip set - mad-wifi
Spirit 802.11b wifi card rtl8180 chipset - linux driver rt8180
ASUS WL-107G rt2500 chipset - ndiswrapper or rt2500.pup
Gigabyte GN-WMKG rt2500 chipset - ndiswrapper or rt2500.pup
Linksys WPC54GS - ndiswrapper
D-Link DWL-650+ PCMCIA adapter - acx100-20060215.pup
Broadcom BCM94306 chip (dell inspiron 510m laptop) - ndiswrapper
Netcomm NP7042 - atmel drivers
Micronet SP907BB V2 - atmel drivers
AirLink AWLL3026 wireless adapter -linux driver zd1211
NL-5354MP Plus Aries2(F) - 1.00 (Atheros AR5213A-00 A19911C 1804) - linux drivers
Linksys WM546 pci (1.07,1.08,1.09) ndiswrapper
Intel 2915abg & 2200bg (2.14) - ipw2200 (no a mode)
Compaq lappy builtin BCM43xx (213 - only) - wizard
D-Link DWL610 PCMCIA - ndiswrapper
Zyxel g-302v2 (2.14, live only) - wizard
D-Link DWL520 PCI (acx100 chipset) - acx (no WEP/WPA)
Intel pro wireless 2100 (2.16) - ipw2100
Airlink 101 SuperG AWLH4130 PCI (2.16) - wizard
3Comm Airconnect 3CRWE737A (2.15CE) - orinoco_cs
Tekram tm-802b PCMCIA (215CE) - ndiswrapper
Netgear wg111t (2.17) - ndiswrapper



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pg99
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#2 Post by pg99 »

Linksys WMP54G (v2) PCI card works well with Puppy 1.07/1.08/1.09 under ndiswrapper

ndujoe1
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Zcomax XI-305B ATMEL Based Wireless card

#3 Post by ndujoe1 »

This card works in Puppy LInux 2.0. Download the Atmel.pup from MU's site.

Then use the "Connect to the Internet by Cable Ethener Interface" utility to configure it.

Joe

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Netgear MA401

#4 Post by Rooster2 »

Using v2.13 & v2.14, I've gotten the Netgear model MA401 to work only if it is plugged in *after* the notebook is rebooted. In other words, I can *not* get it working if it's plugged into a cold system. Bit if it's done the way I suggest, it automatically determines that it should use the orinoco_cs driver.

Incidentally, this card identifies itself as a "Prism I" (one).

Off topic suggestion (being a nube here I am not sure where to put this) -- Upon clicking on the "connect" icon, and viewing the "Puppy Network Setup", I suggest that the driver name be in *BOLD* -- *BOLD* -- *BOLD* on the page -- so as to *STAND OUT* from the rest of the text on that screen.

I have a number of other wifi cards, with more on the way, and I would be willing to test future versions of Puppy on them.

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WiFi Intel IPW2100 (Centrino) on Dell500m Laptop

#5 Post by ugm6hr »

New to Linux as of today.

Installing Puppy 2.14 (SeaMonkey) on my Dell Insiron 500m (Centrino / 256Mb RAM) Laptop was only marginally more difficult than my previous reinstallation of Windows XP. Everything worked out of the box (although if anyone knows how to get better control options for a Synaptics Touchpad in Linux - let me know), except for a bit of trial and error with wireless networking.
Problems:
1. Auto-detected ipw2200 (rather than ipw2100), so needed to manually select correct driver in Network Wizard. I also re-installed and "unloaded" ipw2200, although I'm not sure if that's strictly necessary. Don't forget to "save" your driver modules, or you have to go through all that every time you reboot!
2. DHCP seems to work, and the connection passes all the tests, but I was then unable to actually access the internet via my broadband gateway ADSL router. Not sure why. Haven't tried accessing files on other (Microsoft) networked computers on my home network (don't know how on Linux yet). Solved this by manually entering a Static IP for my laptop instead, together with the Gateway IP.

Not an ideal solution, but I'm now fully mobile, after just 1 day of messing around.

Hope that's useful for other Dell (and Intel wireless) users.

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Working Wireless cards

#6 Post by pattpup »

I have had success with the ipw2200 driver in Puppy 2.14 for both Intel 2915abg and Intel 2200bg cards. The driver only supports the 2915 in b and g modes not a. Good enough for me. Installation was straightforward without problems. javascript:emoticon(':D')
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DLink DWL 610 PCMCIA Wireless

#7 Post by ugm6hr »

Got my DLink DWL-610 PCMCIA Wireless card to work with ndiswrapper and the Windows driver (from dlink.co.uk). Easy.

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#8 Post by ppurvis »

I have a Compaq laptop with a BCM43xx built-in wifi card which works out of the box in Puppy 213. Scans for wireless perfectly, never fails me. I have used 214 and 215CERC1 without success. Yes I have followed all the suggestions about unloading the faulty driver and using my own driver with ndiswrapper. It sometimes works, but fails to remember that it DID work on reboot :(
I exercise my puppy VERY regularly and am sitting on 213 until the problem is resolved

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#9 Post by MikeLockmoore »

My Zyxel g-302v2 now works with Puppy 2.14 and its version of the Wireless Networking Wizard. HOWEVER, it does NOT work from multi-session CD installation. See this thread for more info...
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=13268
Mike Lockmoore

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#10 Post by ugm6hr »

Dlink DWL-520 PCI card (acx100 chipset) works on Puppy2.14, installed via Network Wizard with acx driver (auto-detected). However, I can't get WEP or WPA to work (which work fine in XP).

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#11 Post by Béèm »

You may add:
Intel Pro Wireles 2100, ipw2100, with 2.16 beta

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#12 Post by ezeze5000 »

You may add:

Ralink PCMCIA

Wireless card using driver "RT2500"

Puppy-215CE-Final


This card works great!
If at first you don't succeed try try again!

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#13 Post by Flash »

Airlink 101 "Super G" AWLH4130 PCI card. Works in 2.16alpha, no tinkering required. Just run the setup wizard..
[url=http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=69321][color=blue]Puppy Help 101 - an interactive tutorial for Lupu 5.25[/color][/url]

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#14 Post by Flash »

Netgear WG311 PCI card works in 2.14 and 2.15CE. Just run the setup wizard.

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3com AirConnect wifi card works

#15 Post by budden »

The setup script in puppy 2.15 is working nicely; this setup came right up and found my neighbor's access point.

WiFi PCMCIA card from 3Com, model AirConnect 3CRWE737A (several years old, the price was right). It loads the orinoco_cs driver. (The antenna on this card doesn't appear to be too efficient ... had to wave the machine around a bit to get enough s/n).

The setup script in Puppy 2.15CE brings it right up.

Hardware is Sceptre N20U laptop (also several years old) running Puppy off the bootable CD.
Rex Buddenberg

sh1232
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Intel 2915

#16 Post by sh1232 »

Pattpup wrote: "I have had success with the ipw2200 driver in Puppy 2.14 for both Intel 2915abg and Intel 2200bg cards. "

I have HP/Compaq nc6220 running 2.14 on USB stick. I loaded the supplied ipw2200 and got error: "Loading ipw2200 failed; try a different driver." Tried ipw2100 & 3945 just for the heck of it, and got the same error mesg.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

SH

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#17 Post by tempestuous »

Apparently the Compaq nc6220 has a Wireless On/Off button.
It might be that simple.

If not, run "lspci" to try to identify the pci id of your wifi device.

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#18 Post by sh1232 »

Apparently the Compaq nc6220 has a Wireless On/Off button.
It might be that simple.

If not, run "lspci" to try to identify the pci id of your wifi device.
Unfortunately, the power button only works under Windows. I've looked in the bios setting, and I did not find way to turn it on from outside Windows.

I tried "lspci", and I cannot see any wifi device. Attached is the lspci output from the console. Maybe it is there and I am not seeing it.

Again, thanks for any help.
SH
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#19 Post by tempestuous »

Well your wifi device is listed:
"8086:4223 (rev 05)" = Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG
And that's a valid pci id for the ipw2200 driver.

I was about to suggest you check a few things in bios, then I came across this post -
http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/lofiv ... 46299.html

While you're in bios, check if there is an option for "PnP OS = YES/NO".
Set it for "NO" and many hardware problems may then go away.

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#20 Post by sh1232 »

Unfortunately, there is no "PnP OS" option for the machine, and reset did not work. I have had other hardware problem with this machine recently, but oddly the wifi works whenever I boot Windows on it.

Oh well. Thanks!
SH

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