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[pedrothefish]

Hi all another newbie wrestling with Linux
I purchased an asus WL-167G V3 usb wireless adapter as it is compatible with linux, but I cant get it to run on Puppy.
It runs fine on Linux Mint 12 but when I try to connect it to Puppy nothing happens.
there is a cd with all the drivers on I would think but as I'm using puppy it will not play.
Has anyone got any ideas please?
thanks
edit
the laptop I'm running is an IBM T30 20gb hard drive.

[nilsonmorales]

first open terminal and type

lspci -nn

identify the usb wireless chip and make a request in the section in the forum

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/index.php?f=62

[cthisbear]

pedrothefish:

Welcome to Puppy mate.

It seems that it is >>> Realtek RTL8192S

Post your Puppy version.

The Latest Lucid should work....5.28 05

Lucid Puppy 5.2.8 Version 005 released APR 05 2012

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=70855


"""""""""""

" ASUS WL-167G V3 Wireless USB Adapter,
150Mbps High Speed Transmission

(Realtek RTL8192S chipset based Wireless USB 2.0 Network Adapter)."

" Multiple OS Support

WL-167G V3 allows you to easily enjoy wireless networking over various platforms. It is compatible with common operating systems such as Windows, Linux, Mac, and even the newest Windows 7 OS. "

http://www.wireless-driver.com/asus-wl-167g-v3-wireless-windows-macos-drivers/

::::::::

Specs: ThinkPad T30

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-42218

Processor
Intel Mobile Pentium 4 M at 1.6 GHz, 1.8GHz, 1.9GHz,
2.0GHz, 2.2GHz, or 2.4GHz

::::

Chris.

[pedrothefish]

thanks for the replies
cthisbear
I,m running Puppy 5.2.8 I've checked on the internet connection wizard and
Realtek RTL8192S is not on that list, so now I have to put this question to the wireless section?
nilsonmorales
I did what you suggested but it didnt make any sense to me! there was nothing about asus only intel
as i said I am a newbie!

[nilsonmorales]

look dude this is my lspci -nn in terminal

# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2570] (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2572] (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface [8086:2576] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24d2] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:24de] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24dd] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24d0] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller [8086:24db] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller [8086:24d1] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller [8086:24d3] (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24d5] (rev 02)
01:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43)
01:00.1 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43)
01:00.2 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 [1033:00e0] (rev 04)
01:01.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. Device [1814:3062]
01:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller [8086:1050] (rev 02)


see in the end of lines say network controler ralink corp
please send me your lspci -nn and paste here ok

[tempestuous]

[nilsonmorales]

sorry my friend i was wrong

[cthisbear]

nilsonmorales :

You woz wrong on this occasion.
But mate you chipped in and tried to help.
Keep it up.

I have posted many a wrong answer,
and been found out by Sir Tempe >> tempestuous
to be incorrect at times.

Nobody knows it all.
When you meet that fella....run 4 the hills.

And I hope >> pedrothefish...replies back.

Cheers....Chris.

[pedrothefish]

thanks for all the inputs
I have downloaded the driver suggested by tempestuous and will run it later.
I will let everyone know how I get on.
thanks again
cthisbear
I went to the site you suggested and tried Slacko which found the asus and worked first time!
nilsonmorales
dont worry, at least you had a go and its probably added to your knowledge.

[pedrothefish]

Hi all back again
thanks to tempestuous for the correct driver 8712u it was found by the puppy wireless wizard but I couldnt get it to connect properly It just would not connect,spent hours faffing about.
I then found this website
http://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-a-Wireless-Network-in-Puppy-Linux
Copied it step by step and at last it worked correctly.
In Slacko it connected with any faffing about no extra drivers needed.
I will probably not go with puppy because If go to other houses with different
wireless connections I cant face all that faffing about trying to connect.
Thanks again for your inputs