Last Edited: 29 November 2008 by amigadude
Added: D-link DWL-G122 Ver. C1 with rt73usb works

The Puppy Working-Wireless-Cards Page
Most wireless cards are based on just a few different chipsets including Atheros, Broadcom, Intel, Ralink and Realtek.
Below is a list of wireless cards that are known to work in Puppy.

  • Ashton Digital Air Dash WRCB- 1011R (802.11b), works with the r8180 driver (Realtek chip).
  • Belkin F5D6001 PCI Adapter pci-id 1799:6001 ndiswrapper
  • Belkin F5D6020 PCMCIA (32 bit CardBus) pci-id 1799:6020 ndiswrapper
  • Belkin F5D6050 USB ver.2000 at76c503 & at76c503rfmd driver modules
  • Belkin F5D7011  PCMCIA using BCM43xx, pci-id 14e4:4320 it does however require the firmware loading, working in  puppy versions 2.15ce, 3.01 and in both kernel versions of puppy 4 Dingo
  • Belkin F5D7050 USB using ndiswrapper + rt2500usb driver
  • Buffalo AirStation PCMCIA G54 (broadcom wli-cb-g54a) 1.0.4
  • D-link DWL-G630 Ver:D1 F\W:4.00 using atheros iso
  • D-link DWL-G510 Ver:C1 F\W:4.00 using atheros iso
  • D-link DWL-610 PCMCIA using ndiswrapper
  • D-link DWL-650+ PCMCIA adapter ndiswrapper + airplus driver files
  • D-link DWL-650 PCMCIA adapter ndiswrapper + packaged drivers (driver must be bound to the pci-id found with lspci)
  • D-link DWL-650 revP PCMCIA adapter works with linux-wlan-ng or hostap in Puppy 1.0x, works with hostap only in Puppy 2.x and card firmware must be loaded manually.
  • D-link DWL-G122 with rt2500 works
  • D-link DWL-G122 Ver. C1 with rt73usb works (it scans for networks, the lights flash but I don't have a wireless router to test the actual connection)
  • Ericsson HA691 (802.11b PCMCIA) works with the Atmel at76c50x module in Puppy 2.10.
  • Fiberline FL-WL420X (Cardbus), Marvell chipset, using ndiswrapper, works stable with Mrv8000c.inf for XP from the install CD. Supports WEP and WPA (Puppy 2.01).
  • Intel ProWireless 2200BG - downloaded ipw2200 linux driver from Intel site, put in / directory, renamed ipw2200-1.0.1 (leave off '.tar.gz so it won't archive)
  • Linksys PCMCI Linksys WPC11 ver 3.0
  • Micronet SP907BBV2 USB adapter at76c503 and at76c505-rfmd2958 modules (Puppy 1.0.4)
  • MSI PC54G2 PCI adapter ndiswrapper + rt2500 driver files
  • Netcomm NP7042 USB adapter at76c503 &at76c503rfmd modules
  • Netgear WG511T only with great difficulty, using ndiswrapper; madwifi was not reliable. Search forum for "WG511T" for details.
  • Netgear wg511u can be added to this list. ndiswrapper must be used as madwifi doesn't seem to work, i think the process is not a major issue once i figured out what to input and when. i used the wifi beta file till i learned how to make the netgear files work.
  • Orinoco Classic Gold (proxim 2002 with antenna jack) SR02-1. autodetected 1.0.3
  • Prism - Many Prism 2/2.5 based pcmcia cards autodetected by cardmgr (edit /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts for automagic config)
  • Toshiba laptop (Satellite Pro 6100 with built in wireless card).
  • Toshiba laptop (Satellite A85-S107) using atheros iso, add 2 lines:iwconfig ath0 ....,dhcpcd ath0 to etc/rc.d/rc.local
  • Dell D620 laptop. The builtin (Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG) Chipset (ipw3945) works straight out of the box (Puppy 2.15CE)


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Sun, 06/22/2008 - 19:34 — straypup

Working Hardware

  Youy can add a couple of wi-fi usb adapters to your list.  I have a D-Link WUA1340 working using the RT73 module and a Trendnet TEW424 UB working with ndiswrapper and realtek 8187b drivers.

  I use both a homemade system  ( P-IV with a MSI motherboard and an old Compaq 5200 series with an ATI 9250 based card.  Both systems are running off CD, no installiation. with no major problems.  Have tried most releases sence 2.14 and several puplets.  have a lot of fun learning both what to do and just getting things to work.

    well...SO Long AND Thanks FOR All THE Fish    WOOF-WOOW Stray 

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Wed, 06/18/2008 - 19:13 — bobbio

wireless pci

I have a HP Pavillion 6470z, p2 400, 256 ram.

Installed ' Level One wnc-0300 108mps pci adapter' [atheros chip].

Used connection wizard on Puppy 4.00.....works great! 

Last year tried Enlwi 'Encore' rtl8185 chip...never could get it to work. 

Wed, 08/06/2008 - 21:33 — 45387

1 more PC Card

I have a 3com officeconnect 3crshpw196 working with atmel-cs