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Unable to set wireless or usb broadband.(Solved)
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plumtreed

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PostPosted: Mon 08 Dec 2008, 18:05    Post subject:  Unable to set wireless or usb broadband.(Solved)
Subject description: Trying to 'hook-up' to the internet??		  
It looks like it should be easy but I can't connect to the internet. I am new to Puppy so I am still 'feeling' my way. I like the compactness of the concept and see many appealing and desireable aspects. It looks good!

I'm Running 4.1.1 from a DVD on a Laptop, Acer Aspire 5315, Celeron 560 and 1GB Ram. I normally use Ubuntu 8.04 and all runs OK.

It looks like I need to get Eth1 up but I don't seem to be able to do it. I have a Broadcom interface...bcm4312 but it is ignored when i try to configure the connection.

I don't know my way around the 'terminal' so detailed help would be appreciated.
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PostPosted: Mon 08 Dec 2008, 18:59    Post subject:  
Welcome to the club of bcm43xx affected people.
The last weeks there are cries for help.
There have been replies, but I didn't follow closely.

I only can say search for bcm43 withe yhe puppysearch link in my sig and plow through the multitude of posts.

Also read the last pages of this thread.
You'll see that Dougal is the expert.
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plumtreed

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PostPosted: Tue 09 Dec 2008, 04:59    Post subject:  
Thanks for the guidance, Beem. Trying to access drivers and things is almost impossible when you don't have the internet. I'm operating from a DVD and have to shut down and reboot everytime just to get to the internet for more info.

I am going to try to GnomePPP onto the Puppy disc to see if I can get my usb 'dongle' to connect via mobile broadband.
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PostPosted: Tue 09 Dec 2008, 07:03    Post subject:  
Careful Béèm, plumtreed is talking about the Broadcom ethernet interface, not wifi. It should be supported by Puppy's "tg3" module.
plumtreed wrote:
I don't know my way around the 'terminal' so detailed help would be appreciated.

Don't assume that the terminal is necessary. Puppy's Network Wizard should suffice.

Your wifi device, incidentally, is the infamous Atheros AR5007EG chipset which requires the special driver from here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=237740#237740
This has been discussed several times on the forum before.
plumtreed wrote:
I'm operating from a DVD and have to shut down and reboot everytime just to get to the internet for more info.

Save the wifi driver to your Windows NTFS partition or USB drive, then reboot into Puppy and mount this drive to access the new driver.
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PostPosted: Tue 09 Dec 2008, 09:56    Post subject:  
plumtreed wrote:
I am going to try to GnomePPP onto the Puppy disc to see if I can get my usb 'dongle' to connect via mobile broadband.

Wireless modems require special dial-up configurations, which Puppy accommodates via the "Internet by wireless GPRS modem ..." option in the Connection wizard.

There is an overview of the different classes of wireless modems (and their requisite drivers) here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=254448#254448
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PostPosted: Tue 09 Dec 2008, 10:41    Post subject:  
Thanks Temp, you have given a lot of leads for me to follow. I'll get back as soon as I have had a chance to work through those ideas. Back soon.
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PostPosted: Thu 11 Dec 2008, 16:19    Post subject:  
tempestuous wrote:
Careful Béèm, plumtreed is talking about the Broadcom ethernet interface, not wifi. It should be supported by Puppy's "tg3" module.
plumtreed wrote:
I don't know my way around the 'terminal' so detailed help would be appreciated.

Don't assume that the terminal is necessary. Puppy's Network Wizard should suffice.

Your wifi device, incidentally, is the infamous Atheros AR5007EG chipset which requires the special driver from here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=237740#237740
This has been discussed several times on the forum before.
plumtreed wrote:
I'm operating from a DVD and have to shut down and reboot everytime just to get to the internet for more info.

Save the wifi driver to your Windows NTFS partition or USB drive, then reboot into Puppy and mount this drive to access the new driver.


I have got to the point where I have the 'driver', as a tar.giz, on a usb drive but I don't know, nor can I figure out, the 'next step'?

Please, can I get some advice on how to get the driver to a place where I can use it??
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PostPosted: Thu 11 Dec 2008, 16:19    Post subject:  
Doubled up!!!! Confused
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PostPosted: Thu 11 Dec 2008, 17:21    Post subject:  
plumtreed wrote:
I have got to the point where I have the 'driver', as a tar.giz

What driver? From where? Surely you didn't download the source code?
The special MADWiFi driver for Atheros AR5007EG devices is a dotpet attached to the post I referenced:
madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-k2.6.25.16.pet
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PostPosted: Thu 11 Dec 2008, 18:21    Post subject:  
No, I have the 'pet' file but I still don't know what to do with it!
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PostPosted: Sat 13 Dec 2008, 03:50    Post subject:  
Dotpets will fail to install if they are located in a directory (or directory path) which contains a space in its name.
There is a fix being discussed here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=256919#256919

But a quick fix is obviously to locate the dotpet in a suitably named directory, or even the root path of a drive.
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PostPosted: Thu 01 Jan 2009, 10:06    Post subject:  
I have got mobile broadband up & running, courtesy of the wisdom gathered from this forum, so I can now download applications and pets.

I have also got 4.1.2 on a USB 2GB dongle and, most importantly, I'm really starting to enjoy Puppy.

I am still unable to set up wireless on puppy. I have bcm4312, which appears to have the Atheros AR5007EG chip set. At Tempetuous' suggestion I've downloaded 'madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-k2.6.25.16.pet' but have not been able to make anything respond favourably.

What should I do to activate 'madwifi etc' to cause my wireless to repond? Confused
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PostPosted: Thu 01 Jan 2009, 12:09    Post subject:  
Click on the madWifi pet and it should auto install a new interface which will them be visible in the connect wizard. To be sure turn off wlan in the bios before installing into a pup_save endowed puppy.
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PostPosted: Thu 01 Jan 2009, 13:52    Post subject:  
Great stuff Aarf, your first sentence is clear and the sort of thing a dumb bloke like me understands. I haven't looked yet because I think I need some clarification on sentance #2?

I don't understand what it means Embarassed
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PostPosted: Thu 01 Jan 2009, 17:24    Post subject:  
plumtreed wrote:
I have bcm4312, which appears to have the Atheros AR5007EG chip set.

No. The BCM4312 is Broadcom, the AR5007EG is Atheros. I see now that the Acer Aspire 5315 can be supplied with either wifi device - possibly a difference between European and U.S. specification.

OK, I think those recent Broadcom wifi chips require the proprietary Broadcom driver. Get it here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=251942#251942
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