Wifi adapter D-link DWA-140 not being detected

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Dimka
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Wifi adapter D-link DWA-140 not being detected

#1 Post by Dimka »

Hello all,

I installed macpup 511 (I believe it's based on this distro?), it seems the OS doesn't detect my wifi adapter. It's a USB D-link DWA-140.

There is eth0 (wired lan) but no other ethX interfaces.
I tried manually load different drivers but didn't work...

Even tried some related commands, and here is the result:
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Can anyone help?

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#2 Post by tempestuous »

Dimka wrote:I installed macpup 511 (I believe it's based on this distro?)
Yes, it is based on this distro, but "puplet developers" often change the technical underpinnings of official Puppies, sometimes without even realising it, and it's near-impossible for we users of official Puppies to guess what they have done. Your request for help would be most appropriate in the thread dedicated to Macpup -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=62013
They built it, they should know how to fix it.
Dimka wrote:Even tried some related commands ...
The "related" command you have illustrated is "lsmod".
Dimka wrote:it seems the OS doesn't detect my wifi adapter.

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usbcore    91279  8 rt2870sta,rt2800usb, ...
Well actually the OS does detect your wifi adapter - two competing drivers have loaded for it; rt2870sta and rt2800usb.
And that's quite possibly your problem. You could probably fix the problem to going to -
Menu > System > BootManager configure bootup > Give preference to one module over another:
Then you should set preference to the more advanced rt2870sta driver ...

... but ultimately, this is for the Macpup developers to determine.

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#3 Post by Dimka »

Thanks! setting preference was the issue, I just added the line "rt2800usb:rt2870sta" and it detected it as wlan0.

I had some problems with connection, but after tinkering with it, seems ok now.

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#4 Post by Gooner »

Hi

I have the same D-link DWA-140 wireless usb adapter which i can't get to work with Puppy 5.1.1.

I've installed the rt2870sta driver but its not working.

Any help would be appreciated.

I've attached a screenshot of my lsmod below.
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#5 Post by tempestuous »

You should do the same fix as Dimka did.

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#6 Post by Gooner »

I would but he didn't say what the tinkering was that he did.

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#7 Post by tempestuous »

Five posts earlier:
tempestuous wrote:You could probably fix the problem by going to -
Menu > System > BootManager configure bootup > Give preference to one module over another:
Then you should set preference to the more advanced rt2870sta driver ...
Four posts earlier:
Dimka wrote:Thanks! setting preference was the issue, I just added the line "rt2800usb:rt2870sta"

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#8 Post by Gooner »

I did try that. That alone didn't work. I think its the tinkering with the connection that he referred to afterwards that might fix it.

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#9 Post by tempestuous »

As I'm currently discussing in several other threads, you need to experiment with different forms of encryption at the wifi router, and also whether your router's SSID should be "un-hidden".

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#10 Post by Gooner »

Does the wireless adapter have to be detected 1st?

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#11 Post by tempestuous »

Yes. The Network Wizard should indicate that you have a valid wifi interface, probably called "wlan0".

It's starting to sound like you don't have exactly the same device as forum member Dimka, and Google tells me that there are at least 4 different versions of the DWA-140. It's at the point where we really need to identify your device. Please run this command -

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cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
and report the "Vendor" and "ProdID" values for your wifi device.

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#12 Post by Gooner »

Vendor=07d1 ProdID=3c0a

The version of Puppy Linux is Wary 5.1.1.
Thanks.

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#13 Post by tempestuous »

Wow, it took you 5 months to respond!
Gooner wrote:Vendor=07d1 ProdID=3c0a
The version of Puppy Linux is Wary 5.1.1.
Ralink rt3070sta wifi driver for Wary here -
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 364#546364

or for Lucid Puppy 5.1 - 5.2.8 here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 360#513360

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