Any internet connection wireless, ethernet, or wireless usb
Any internet connection wireless, ethernet, or wireless usb
Hi,
Maybe this belongs in the Newbie section, but it is networking so I am posting it here. I recently found Puppy, and am trying to get it running on my NEC LaVie M LM50H/5. It is a Japanese computer if anyone is wondering. Everything boots up great on it, but I can't get it to connect to the internet. It has no built in card, but I have 3 options. None of which I can get to work. I would really appreciate the help.
The options
1. Wireless PCMCIA card. Buffalo Air Station WLI-CB-G54L
2. PCMCIA Logitec fast ethernet card
3. USB Linksys wireless b network adapter
If i can't get any of these to work i have no internet. I am very new at linux so very simple instructions would be great. I am really impressed with this distribution, and really want to get it working. I think it works faster than my two computers which have much more computing power.
Thanks so much
Maybe this belongs in the Newbie section, but it is networking so I am posting it here. I recently found Puppy, and am trying to get it running on my NEC LaVie M LM50H/5. It is a Japanese computer if anyone is wondering. Everything boots up great on it, but I can't get it to connect to the internet. It has no built in card, but I have 3 options. None of which I can get to work. I would really appreciate the help.
The options
1. Wireless PCMCIA card. Buffalo Air Station WLI-CB-G54L
2. PCMCIA Logitec fast ethernet card
3. USB Linksys wireless b network adapter
If i can't get any of these to work i have no internet. I am very new at linux so very simple instructions would be great. I am really impressed with this distribution, and really want to get it working. I think it works faster than my two computers which have much more computing power.
Thanks so much
Hello.
What version off Puppy do you have?. Maybe if you use the zdrv file, it would get running any wireless card.
The first that you must to do is to Know the chipset of your wireless cards. This web page could help you to know the chipset:
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/
Linux and Puppy have native drivers for a lot of wifi cards and in other case you must use ndiswraper.
If you don´t know the chipset see the output of the comand lspci in Puppy. And for the usb card use usbview.
Regards and sorry for my poor english
What version off Puppy do you have?. Maybe if you use the zdrv file, it would get running any wireless card.
The first that you must to do is to Know the chipset of your wireless cards. This web page could help you to know the chipset:
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/
Linux and Puppy have native drivers for a lot of wifi cards and in other case you must use ndiswraper.
If you don´t know the chipset see the output of the comand lspci in Puppy. And for the usb card use usbview.
Regards and sorry for my poor english
Well it looks like the wireless card is using a Broadcom chipset according to that table, and is marked in yellow. meaning some of them are supported. How do i go about installing it. I have the windows driver, so should i try to install it through ndiswrapper? Where do i do that at? Thanks for all the help
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bcm43xx Linux driver for Broadcom chipsets is here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 4670#84670
When Puppy 2.14 is released this driver will be included as standard http://www.puppyos.net/news/comments.ph ... 203-172026
Just install the dotpup, reboot, and run the Network Wizard.
When Puppy 2.14 is released this driver will be included as standard http://www.puppyos.net/news/comments.ph ... 203-172026
Just install the dotpup, reboot, and run the Network Wizard.
Is very easy. You can download the file to your USB. Then start Puppy and insert the USB.shockwave wrote:Is there a way i can dl it to usb and then load it.
Now you must start the program "Media Utility tool" (you have a icon in the desktop) and click in the button "mount" for your USB.
After that you will mount the USB and inmediatly will appear a ROX window and then you can see the files onto your USB.
Good luck
Don´t worry if the lights are off.
You have to load the driver with te modprobe comand. Open a shell and write:
To see if the driver is loaded you can use the comand lsmod.
And for see if the card is running write:
The card will appear like ethx or wlanx. I don´t use a broadcom chipset and I don´t know the name of the interface exactly.
Tell us if your wireless card appear and I tell you how to continue.
PD: did you read the readme file in the tempestuous Dotpup?. I have used some Dotpups made for tempestuous and always included a readme file with instructions and a model of script to conect.
Regards
You have to load the driver with te modprobe comand. Open a shell and write:
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modprobe bcm43xx
And for see if the card is running write:
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iwconfig
Tell us if your wireless card appear and I tell you how to continue.
PD: did you read the readme file in the tempestuous Dotpup?. I have used some Dotpups made for tempestuous and always included a readme file with instructions and a model of script to conect.
Regards
Than you for your help. I tried to put in the command, but got an error in return.
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211softmac (lib/2.6.18.1/kernal/driver/net/wireless/bcm43xx.ko): Uknown symbol in module, or unkown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting bcm43xx (/lib/modules/2.6.18.1/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx.ko): Unkown symbol in module or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
Any ideas?
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211softmac (lib/2.6.18.1/kernal/driver/net/wireless/bcm43xx.ko): Uknown symbol in module, or unkown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting bcm43xx (/lib/modules/2.6.18.1/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx.ko): Unkown symbol in module or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
Any ideas?
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In the forum thread where you got the bcm43xx driver, look further down.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 5411#85411
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 5411#85411
Tempesteous say that you have to write this comands:
[quote="shockwave"]It says below that those are already part of Puppy?[quote]
Yes that files are included in Pupyy; but, what version of Puppy are you running?.
[quote="shockwave"]When I tried the first one it said there was no file.[quote]
Which of them? modprobe firmware_class?.
What version of Puppy do you have?. Do you have the zdrv file?.
Regards.
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modprobe firmware_class
modprobe ieee80211
modprobe ieee80211softmac
modprobe bcm43xx
Yes that files are included in Pupyy; but, what version of Puppy are you running?.
[quote="shockwave"]When I tried the first one it said there was no file.[quote]
Which of them? modprobe firmware_class?.
What version of Puppy do you have?. Do you have the zdrv file?.
Regards.
Then you must have that file in:
/lib/modules/2.6.18.1/kernel/drivers/base/firmware_class.ko
and the first comand:
have to run ok.
See if you have that file in the mentioned route.
Regards.
/lib/modules/2.6.18.1/kernel/drivers/base/firmware_class.ko
and the first comand:
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modprobe firmware_class
See if you have that file in the mentioned route.
Regards.
Caka, Thanks for your help.
I checked the file and I can find no base file. Is it possible that i had a bad download. I also noticed that it could not find the built in network cards on my other computers as well. Computers that ubuntu is running fine on. Should I try another dl? If so which is the best one to dl?
I checked the file and I can find no base file. Is it possible that i had a bad download. I also noticed that it could not find the built in network cards on my other computers as well. Computers that ubuntu is running fine on. Should I try another dl? If so which is the best one to dl?
Try to download zdrv_213.sfs from here:
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/
That file include a lot of drivers and modules. You must put te zdrv file in the same directory that your file pup213 for being load when you boot Puppy.
Good luck and sorry for my poor english
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/
That file include a lot of drivers and modules. You must put te zdrv file in the same directory that your file pup213 for being load when you boot Puppy.
Good luck and sorry for my poor english