jfThe ndiswrapper technique does not work in this edition of Puppy; the good news is that the native atheros linux driver included does, but only up to a point. The scan button finds my WAP secured network, and I can enter all details, but it refuses to save the pre-shared wireless key, and keeps coming up with an error message of length. The length is 8 characters, and works with all other wireless setups I've tried, including Windoze and a number of Linux flavors, including 2.17 of Puppy.
Long story short, with 3.0 and this setup, I can't connect wirelessly.
After way too much experimentation, I'm up on WPA. Here is what I found with my Atheros-based Dlink G630 card:
1. Can't use an 8-digit key, must be at least 9, or you get the "must be between 8 and 63 digits" error. I'm not talking about using wpa_passphrase, I'm referring to the number of digits in the pre-shared key entry you make in the wizard.
2. WPS-TKIP, sometimes known as WPA personal, does not work. Has to be WPA2. I'm using the 'personal' version, not the 'enterprise' version.
3. The Linux driver in Puppy works at the office.. but not at home! This, despite both routers being Linksys, both on WPA2, etc.
4. Using ndiswrapper, the windoze driver does work with my system at home, in WPA2 mode, with at least a 9-digit key, etc. Note, the .inf file is CVN3AB.inf 16K 08:19:00 13 May 2005.
I'm going to have to see if the Windoze driver will work at work; switching back and forth is more trouble than I want to go through!
YMMV, of course...
jf