Yes, Puppy 3.00-retro has the old 2.6.18.1 kernel used in Puppy 2.12-2.16.laptopnewbee wrote:the other thing that was changed is that i'm running 3.00 retro
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using the puppy package manager i installed rtl8187-k2.6.18.1.pet
It's due to different versions of the Realtek wifi driver. The driver you are using successfully is the proprietary version, compiled from source code from herelaptopnewbee wrote:i don't see any reason why this should miss working with other versions of puppy and the wg111v2 device
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/
Unfortunately, development of this driver has stalled, and it will not compile under modern kernels.
So more current Realtek source code is needed from here -
http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page
and this driver has mixed results.
I just contributed 2 variations of this driver for Puppy 3.00 here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 470#144470
there is the rev62 version, which is the most recent which will compile under Puppy 3.00's 2.6.21.7 kernel,
and the older rev52 which is claimed to be stable.
Forum member DonT reports that the "browser redirect to login page" problem is solved by using the old dhcpcd-1.3.22laptopnewbee wrote:there is some issue with the newer kernel and redirecting login pages
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 430#144430
I understand that Puppy 3.00 (final) has this version of dhcpcd, but if not, you can get it from here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 656#143656