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wireless / wifi cards confirmed to work in puppy

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MODERATORS: This thread was specifically set aside to list wireless adapters that are compatible with Puppy. It was allowed to be hijacked by people needing assistance with their wireless devices. WHY?

Among other places in the Puppy forums, those seeking wireless assistance are now posting their questions to three forums and this thread:
1. Advanced Topics » Hardware
2. Advanced Topics » Hardware » Networking
3. Advanced Topics » Hardware » Networking » Wireless
4. Advanced Topics » Hardware » Networking » Wireless / wifi cards confirmed to work in puppy

This makes it veeery difficult to know where you should post your solicitations for assistance. It also makes this list of working adapters unnecessarily difficult to find and use.

There's a lot of useful info in the Puppy forums, so why do you allow this kind of anarchy? Hey, why not just have a free-for-all forum called 'Networking' and allow everyone to fend for themselves? It really wouldn't be much different, would it?

Why should anyone organize info like that below when it's sure to be buried within a few short weeks? Organization is our friend, people!

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Updated: October 20, 2009
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I was frustrated with the difficulty of finding a network adapter for my old laptop that worked with Puppy, so I consolidated the posts in this thread. Perhaps this compiled list will be useful to others.

In the future, it would be most helpful if posters provided as much information as possible, including any special steps taken to configure the device. The following could be used as a template:

Device Name & version (from package or device):
Puppy versions tested:
Interface (USB, PCMCIA, PCI, mini-PCI?):
Chipset:
Device Driver (name & source):
WiFi Protocols that work (A, B, G, N):
Security Protocols confirmed working (WEP, WPA, WPA2):
Configured with (Wizard, Ndiswrapper, Manual, Other?):
Posted by & date:
Location of Original Post:
Notes & Issues:


Look for the red highlighting that indicates WiFi devices confirmed to work with one of the official 4.xx Puppy versions.

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> Devices are organized in each category by their original posting date. That tends to move newer devices, and devices tested with newer versions of Puppy towards the end of the list - a help to those looking for a device that works.
> If you're looking for a specific device, use your browser's search function on this page.


3G Devices
Huawei e220
Puppy ver.: 4
Interface: USB
Chipset:
Driver:
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 979#266979
Posted by: rerwin on January 19, 2009
Notes: Long thread, but read the entire thing

Popular Laptops
ASUS Eee PC 900HA
WiFi Device:
WiFi Interface: Mini-PCI
WiFi Chipset: Atheros AR5007EG
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 940#329940
Posted by: IncTink on August 7, 2009
Notes: May be helpful to read entire thread


Mini-PCI (laptop, built-in)
BCM43xx (Built-in Compaq laptop)
Puppy ver. - 2.13
Interface: Mini-PCI
Chipset:
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 798#105798
Posted by: ppurvis on March 22, 2007
Notes: I have a Compaq laptop with a BCM43xx built-in wifi card which works out of the box in Puppy 213. Scans for wireless perfectly, never fails me. I have used 214 and 215CERC1 without success. Yes I have followed all the suggestions about unloading the faulty driver and using my own driver with ndiswrapper. It sometimes works, but fails to remember that it DID work on reboot

Intel 2200BG
Puppy ver. - 2.14
Interface: Mini-PCI
Chipset:
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 451#105451
Posted by: pattpup on March 22, 2007
Notes: I have had success with the ipw2200 driver in Puppy 2.14 for both Intel 2915abg and Intel 2200bg cards. The driver only supports the 2915 in b and g modes not a. Good enough for me. Installation was straightforward without problems.

Intel 2915 (wireless B, G confirmed)
Puppy ver. - 2.14
Interface: Mini-PCI
Chipset:
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 451#105451
Posted by: pattpup on March 22, 2007
Notes: I have had success with the ipw2200 driver in Puppy 2.14 for both Intel 2915abg and Intel 2200bg cards. The driver only supports the 2915 in b and g modes not a. Good enough for me. Installation was straightforward without problems.

Intel Pro 2100
Puppy ver. - 2.16 beta
Interface: Mini-PCI
Chipset:
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 086#112086
Posted by: Béèm on April 22, 2007
Notes: Intel Pro Wireles 2100, ipw2100, with 2.16 beta

Intel Pro 3945ABG
Puppy ver. -
Interface: Mini-PCI
Chipset:
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 481#122481
Posted by: samwise on June 14, 2007
Notes: (identified as a 3954ABG in the original post)

Dell 1390
Puppy ver. - 3.01
Interface: Mini-PCI
Chipset:
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 601#181601
Posted by: PageMaster on March 14, 2008
Notes: It does NOT run with installed bcm43xx module, you must use ndiswrapper and producer's Windows bcmwl5.inf and bcmwl5.sys files.

Intel IWL4965
Puppy ver. - 4.2
Interface: Mini-PCI
Chipset:
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 882#311882
Posted by: spring on June 3, 2009
Notes: intel minipci iwl4965 works fine on 4.2 with new firmware iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode in /lib/firmware. the firmware download URL: http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/d ... 7.2.23.tgz

Dell 1390
Puppy ver. - 4.2.1
Interface: Mini-PCI
Chipset:
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 165#326165
Posted by: NHArticleTen on July 22, 2009
Notes:

Atheros AR5007EG
Puppy versions tested: 4.1.2, 4.2.1
Interface : Mini-PCI
Chipset:
Device Driver (name & source):
WiFi Protocols that work (A, B, G, N):
Security Protocols confirmed working (WEP, WPA, WPA2):
Configured with (Wizard, Ndiswrapper, Manual, Other?):
Posted by & date: djp on January 29, 2009
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 042#269042
Notes & Issues: be sure to read the entire thread

Intel Pro 3945ABG
Puppy versions tested: 4.2.1
Interface : Mini-PCI
Chipset:
Device Driver (name & source):
WiFi Protocols that work (A, B, G, N):
Security Protocols confirmed working (WEP, WPA, WPA2):
Configured with (Wizard, Ndiswrapper, Manual, Other?):
Posted by & date: cleoni on September 9, 2009
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 033#339033
Notes & Issues: on a Fujitsu-Siemens laptop

Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
Puppy versions tested: 4.3
Interface : Mini-PCI
Chipset:
Device Driver (name & source):
WiFi Protocols that work (A, B, G, N):
Security Protocols confirmed working (WEP, WPA, WPA2):
Configured with (Wizard, Ndiswrapper, Manual, Other?): Manual
Posted by & date: markstevens on September 23, 2009
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 560#343560
Notes & Issues: Manual configuration requires some knowledge of linux

Dell D610
Puppy versions tested: 4.21 & 4.30 (kernel 2.6.30.5)
Interface : Mini-PCI
Chipset: Broadcom 4318
Device Driver (name & source): unknown
WiFi Protocols that work (A, B, G, N): B
Security Protocols confirmed working (WEP, WPA, WPA2): WEP
Configured with (Wizard, Ndiswrapper, Manual, Other?):
Posted by & date: r__hughes on October 8, 2009
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 201#349201
Notes & Issues: On a DELL D610 Latitude notebook. "Connectwizard had me connected in less than 2 minutes."



PCI
ZyXEL g-302, v2
Puppy ver. - 2.14
Interface: PCI
Chipset:
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 086#108086
Posted by: MikeLockmoore on April 3, 2007
Notes: My Zyxel g-302v2 now works with Puppy 2.14 and its version of the Wireless Networking Wizard. HOWEVER, it does NOT work from multi-session CD installation. See this thread for more info... http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=13268

D-Link DWL-520
Puppy ver. - 2.14
Interface: PCI
Chipset:
Posted: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 078#112078
Posted by: ugm6hr on April 22, 2007
Notes: Dlink DWL-520 PCI card (acx100 chipset) works on Puppy2.14, installed via Network Wizard with acx driver (auto-detected). However, I can't get WEP or WPA to work (which work fine in XP).


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Re: DLink DWL 610 PCMCIA Wireless

#2 Post by pcglomb »

ugm6hr wrote:Got my DLink DWL-610 PCMCIA Wireless card to work with ndiswrapper and the Windows driver (from dlink.co.uk). Easy.
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explain i'dont work for me..I try but i can not see my WLAN adapter..

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#3 Post by Aitch »

Great work Fishback....long overdue....

Though I hope however you did this is easily maintainable/updated

MODS - a suggestion ,

That Fishback's post be put top of the list on P1, or,

posted as a new thread, and made sticky

This is very important, an inherent difficulty, especially to noobs, as it has been attempted before, but this is the best I've seen, IMHO

Thanks again Fishback

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#4 Post by Fishback »

Thanks Aitch.

The lists are very easy to maintain. The devices in each category are arranged by the date they were posted in the forum. That tends to move newer devices, and devices tested with newer versions of Puppy to the end of the lists. That also makes it very easy to add items to the lists - just go to the bottom.

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#5 Post by edoc »

We have a Gigafast USB wireless nic which has worked in all prior versions - for some reason the driver has disappeared in the most recent releases (Fatdog, 4.21, and 4.31b2).

Any idea why that might be?

I recall from other threads that several other Puppy users owned the same nic.
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Linksys WUSB54GC

#6 Post by rubing »

The WUSB54GC works on puppy 430, but now well!! Sometimes the rt73 driver will not even load and ndiswrapper is a no go. If i have a very good signal it seems stable enough, otherwise it is very flakey and intermittent.

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#7 Post by r__hughes »

Linksys PCMCIA wifi card WPC54G-EU v3 works fine in pup430 with its built-in b43 driver. I use it with WEP on an IBM T22 laptop.
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#8 Post by fernan »

Encore ENLWI-G2 PCI adapter (RTL8185L chipset) worked at the first try through the network wizard, including WPA2.

Puppy 4.21. Running on AMD64.

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#9 Post by Pizzasgood »

I can't move posts around inside a thread, so moving it to the front isn't an option. I could split it out into it's own thread though, and sticky that. Then I would probably lock this thread and leave a note at the end directing readers to the new thread. I think I'd leave this as a sticky too and retitle it "old list" or something. Later if more stickies started crowding in in this wireless section it could be unstickied to make room.

Sound like a plan?
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#10 Post by Fishback »

Pizzasgood - That's fine with me.

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#11 Post by Pizzasgood »

Okay, done.

For continuity, the old list is located here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=11277
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#12 Post by Aitch »

Excellent...thanks PG, & Fishback, of course :D

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Linksys WPC55AG

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Linksys WPC55AG
Puppy ver. - 4.3.1
Interface: PCMCIAase
Chipset: Atheros AR5212
Device Driver: Ath5k
WiFi Protocols that work: A, B, G
Security Protocols confirmed working: WEP (128-bit)
N.B. The WEP key needs to be as ASCII character pairs separated by commas e.g. 10,AA,AB, etc.
Configured with: Wizard/Manual
Posted by & date:
Location of Original Post:
Notes & Issues: As can often be the case with a Windoze WiFi set-up, I had to go round and round several times before the adaptor and router would get their act together. If the SSID is hidden, you need to make it visible while you do the set-up.

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#14 Post by edoc »

Anyone have the Belkin N-Wireless USB FSD8053 v6 working?
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#15 Post by tempestuous »

Apparently the Belkin FSD8053 has a Ralink N-mode chipset.
There's a fair chance that the rt2870sta driver in Puppy 4.3 will work, but if not, install the rt3070sta driver from
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 450#346450
then reboot and see if that works.

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#16 Post by edoc »

Tried that driver under 431, no joy.

HardInfo sees the device but when I manually load the module in Network Wizard (old or new) it fails to see the device.

WDYT?
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#17 Post by Aitch »

doc, apparently there are different versions

r3 is not supported, apparently
Its for a Belkin N FSD8053 r3 for
which there are no Linux drivers. ndiswrapper works perfectly but only when 4K stack sizes are disabled
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.re ... world/2148

this was a bugthread dated 2008-05-13, so may have changed

ndiswrapper + The files are rt2870.inf rt2870.sys froom windoze, or see *buntu thread, they appear to have it working

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=960642

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#18 Post by tempestuous »

Well the Belkin FSD8053 appears to be a very recent device, and Google doesn't return many hits about its chipset.

To be more definite about the appropriate driver, we need to know the exact device ID.
edoc, please plug in the wifi device, then run this command -

Code: Select all

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

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#19 Post by edoc »

# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices

T: Bus=04 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0001 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.30.5 ohci_hcd
S: Product=OHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:06:00.1
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms

T: Bus=03 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 3
B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0001 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.30.5 ohci_hcd
S: Product=OHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:06:00.0
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms

T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 5
B: Alloc= 0/800 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.30.5 ehci_hcd
S: Product=EHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:06:00.2
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 4 Ivl=256ms

T: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=050d ProdID=815f Rev= 2.00
S: Manufacturer=Manufacturer Realtek
S: Product=RTL8191S WLAN Adapter
S: SerialNumber=00e04c000001
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 4 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=04(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=06(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=0d(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms

T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0001 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.30.5 uhci_hcd
S: Product=UHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.0
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms
#
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Does Radio Shack sell a 431-compatible USB nic?

#20 Post by edoc »

Does Radio Shack - in the USA - sell a 431-compatible USB or PCMCIA b/g/n nic?

I am thinking of bringing a 431 laptop in and asking them to test nics until they have one they can sell me that really works.

Driving 2 hours round-trip to the city only to discover that the Best Buy Belkin nic isn't compatible is a waste of time and money.

Buying them over the Internet has not worked either since manufacturers switch chipsets without warning all the time.

WDYT?
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