Not getting USB WiFi Dongle AR5523 to run

[tempestuous]

would the DWL 650+ do the trick?

I would prefer you use the DWL-650, this has the very reliable Atheros chipset. For a short period I used this device, myself, under Puppy 1.04 in 2005.

The DWL-650 "plus" versions contain the less reliable Texas Instruments chipset, but yes, it should work OK.
Out-of-the-box, Lucid 5.2.0 doesn't support the DWL-650+, but I provided the driver you need here -
http://www.smokey01.com/tempestuous/acx ... 6.33.2.pet

But now that you're using an older wifi device, it would be feasible to use an older Puppy version such as the 2-series, which should be noticeably more responsive on older hardware ...
unfortunately the Texas Instruments (acx) wifi driver under Puppy 2.x supports only WEP encryption, not WPA encryption. This is a major disadvantage, since most wifi access points these days are WPA.
Again, the DWL-650 would be a better choice than DWL-650+

[pott2000]

Hi Tempestuous,

I wouldn't like to get back from LuPu 5.2.0 to older Puppies but rather use newer hardware. It is already not that comfortable having to use rather old software (browsers etc.)

I checked on ebay and the following devices would be available:

Does D-Link DWL 650+ actually support WPA? Under Windows it seems it does not. So maybe immediately use

e.g.

D-Link DWL-G 630 Airplus G 802.11G Card Bus PCMCIA 54 Mbps 2,4 GHz

SIEMENS GIGASET PC CARD 54Mbit/s S30853-S1007-R107-3: On Ubuntu until 14.04 apparently driver issues

Tenda W302C

3com OfficeConnect Wireless 108Mbps 11g XJACK PC Card

ORINOCO GOLD PCMCIA PC Card Wlan WiFi Classic 16Bit 5V WPA Windows XP Linux

Conceptronic WLAN 54MB PCMCIA WPA

Hegu PCMCIA (PC Card) WLAN 54Mbit

VIVANCO Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter, 54 Mbps

PCMCIA WLAN Karte 108 Mbit wireless Notebook Card 22255 (could not identify manufacturer, comes with Win driver CD)

Since you are the Puppy Wifi wizard I hope you can advise which one to choose which will seamlessly integrate with LuPu 5.2.0 as soon as you provide the driver

Thanks!

Sorry, did not see your reply to my unedited post. Would you mind commenting on the above?

[pott2000]

Sorry, another question:

Is the
AirPlus XtremeG DWL-G650 D-Link WLAN Adapter

different from the regular DWL-650?

[tempestuous]

Does D-Link DWL 650+ actually support WPA?

Yes, the hardware supports WPA, but early drivers (both Windows and Linux) did not.
Under Puppy 2.x with the old acx driver, WPA won't work.
Under Puppy Lucid with my acx-mac80211 driver, WPA should work ...
but possibly only WPA, not WPA2. That's another problem with these old wifi adaptors (and their drivers) - often WPA support only extends to the first WPA standard, not WPA2.

Is the AirPlus XtremeG DWL-G650 D-Link WLAN Adapter different from the regular DWL-650?

Yes, refer here -
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_part ... ame=D-Link
In fact, my previous claim to have used the DWL-650 is wrong. I was actually using the G650.
The G650 with Atheros chipset is a good choice, but be careful, as you can see from the previous link there are several different variants, and the very first (A1) variant was not so good.

Similarly, there were several variants of the DWL-G630, and the early variants were no good for WPA.

ORINOCO GOLD.
No. Old chipset, limited or no WPA compatibility.

Conceptronic WLAN 54MB PCMCIA WPA
No mention of model number. Can't help.

Hegu PCMCIA (PC Card) WLAN 54Mbit
What the hell is that? Google can't even find it!

VIVANCO Wireless LAN Cardbus
I think it has TI chipset. This product seems obscure.

PCMCIA WLAN Karte 108 Mbit wireless Notebook Card 22255
Way too obscure.

3com OfficeConnect Wireless 108Mbps 11g XJACK PC Card
I think that has an Atheros chipset, so would be OK.


Tenda W302C - this uses the Ralink RT2760 chip. This is the one of choice.
Supported out-of-the-box in Lucid by the rt2860sta driver.