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Hello every body and thanks in advance:

I used puppy for a lot of time, connecting to the internet using a direct connection (cable), but today y lost it (I changed the computer to another room because my daughter needs mine).

Now I cant connect using cable, and although I call to put a new cable, it is going to take 15 days)

I need my computer to work, I have a wireless conection but I can only find drivers for windows (now I´m using windows and I hate it, so I wanna go back to my puppy linux) so I need the drivers for puppy (and some help about how to install them).

I have have added a capture with the information puppy gave me, Radlink Technology Corp RT3370 Wireless adapter, and the specifications are a CONCEPTRONIC C150UAN v1.0 ADAPTER CONTROLADOR 1.0.

Please, help me because as I told u I need my puppy, with all the information I have on it (I dont want to use passwords, lastpass, accounts with windows, I dont feel secure because for sure it has holes and holes, jjajjaja)

Thanks a lot for your help.

I downloaded this wireless anttenna from softpedia and drivers pluss https://drivers.plus/es/conceptronic-c1 ... -0/128665/ in case it helps u.

Please, dont let me fall into windows, PLEASE.

Need to know what specific Puppy version you want to use this with?
Give full name of the Puppy version ISO file.

I assume you have tried to make a WIFI connection and it is not seeing this device to use?

Do you know how to make a WIFI network connection in the Puppy version you are using?

Hi, I cant add image, but it is

Kernel linux 4.9.58 (x86_64)
Versión #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 13 15:54:0+ GMT 2017

CLIBRARY GNU C Librará versión 2.23 (stable)

As u said, I can make a connection because this antena doesnt appears.

Xenialpup x64 7.5

Hope it helps u, if u need more info, plz let me know. THANKS

That does not give me the info I need.

What is the specific name of the Puppy version ISO file you used to get the Puppy version?

All Puppy versions are released as an ISO file.

You had to download it to install a Puppy version.

Based on the partial information.

I will guess you are using Xenialpup64 7.5

That should already have the needed firmware and drivers.

So how are you trying to make the WIFI connection?

Using what specific program?
You do what?
You see what?

This WIFI adapter could have a physical off/on button on it.
I have one that does. It is not the same manufacture as yours.
But something to look for on it.

I tried Frisby and Simple Network connect (defaults for xenial pup 64 7.5), but the problem is that my antena is not recognized

@bigpup :-

Bigpup, it's pretty obviously this one:-

xenialpup64-7.5-uefi.iso

I use it myself, and recognise it from the details.

k4.9.58
glibc 2.23

However; research shows this is a pretty old wifi adapter (and chipset). The newest drivers I can find for it are for Windows 7.....which is past EOL. And it's well-known across the community that, under Linux, Ralink drivers are crap, to put it bluntly. Ozsouth might be able to dig it up, but I can't even track down the source code.....which is what's needed.

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There's some Linux stuff for it here (should have remembered, Ralink restyled themselves as MediaTek a while back):-

https://www.mediatek.com/products/broadband-wifi/rt3370

Perhaps @ozsouth can do something with it. I'm useless at compiling this sorta stuff, and the 5-series and later kernels don't appear to support it.....though some bright spark over at the ArchLinux wiki reckoned the rt 3000 and rt 3300 chip families use the same driver, so.....it's anybody's guess.

Just my tuppence-worth, FWIW.

Mike.

bigpup wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 9:22 pm

Based on the partial information.

I will guess you are using Xenialpup64 7.5

That should already have the needed firmware and drivers.

So how are you trying to make the WIFI connection?

Using what specific program?
You do what?
You see what?

This WIFI adapter could have a physical off/on button on it.
I have one that does. It is not the same manufacture as yours.
But something to look for on it.

Umm.....how d'you work that out?

/lib/modules/4.9.58/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek & /lib/modules/4.9.58/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ralink each show just one or two drivers apiece, neither of which is what the OP needs. I thought you were supposed to be good at researching this stuff, mate?

Mike.

Run the command: lsusb

Identify the vendor:product ID codes for the adapter.

@pp4mnklinux - to be sure of your adaptor type, run lsusb command as rcrsn51 suggests above.
If it is actually an rt3370, the .pet attached below should work (supposedly covers rt3070, rt3370, rt5370). Use at own risk.
After downloading the .pet, with the adaptor plugged in, click on it in ROX-Filer.
After a few seconds, try to connect.

If it's actually an rt3370, it should already be supported by the in-kernel rt2800usb driver.

mikewalsh wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:15 pm

bigpup wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 9:22 pm

Based on the partial information.

I will guess you are using Xenialpup64 7.5

That should already have the needed firmware and drivers.

So how are you trying to make the WIFI connection?

Using what specific program?
You do what?
You see what?

This WIFI adapter could have a physical off/on button on it.
I have one that does. It is not the same manufacture as yours.
But something to look for on it.

Umm.....how d'you work that out?

/lib/modules/4.9.58/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek & /lib/modules/4.9.58/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ralink each show just one or two drivers apiece, neither of which is what the OP needs. I thought you were supposed to be good at researching this stuff, mate?

Mike.

Because research said the needed driver is already in Xenialpup64 7.5
But I guess the person that said they got one working, with that driver, was not correct.

or maybe Frisbee is not able to use it.

All we know is Frisbee was tried, but have no info if it was used correctly.

Frisbee does not work 100% of the time.
SNS does not work 100% all the time.
Network Wizard does not work 100% all the time.
But usually one will work.
That is why all three are there to try.

I recently learned that lesson.
I had very new WIFI hardware.
Network Wizard and SNS would not make a working connection.
Frisbee did work after messing around with settings in it.

Note:
There is no reason to make personal comments.

rcrsn51 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 3:12 am

If it's actually an rt3370, it should already be supported by the in-kernel rt2800usb driver.

That is the info I got from researching what was needed.

But I guess it is not the needed driver or is it?

Try the .deb in the repo of Debian https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-ralink
List of supported devices : https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800usb#supported
You may need to add the rt2800usb module in the BootManager

I asked when you try to connect.
You do what?
You see what?

Also I suggested the WIFI adapter could have an on/off switch on it.
No indication was given if it did or did not have one.

I have one that does and it is easy to forget to make sure you use this switch.
The good thing is after turning it on, it stays that way.

@ozsouth and the rest of puppy team, THANKS A LOT.

My problem is solved, now I'm answering your post from my puppy xenial linux .

That was what I need at this moment and you make my day, THANKS.

I'll write a new post asking you what wifi antenna do you recomend me to be a little bit updated, haha, that is to use other tools with better resources.

THANKS A LOT AGAIN.

Have a nice day u all.- CHEERS

@bigpup :-

Apologies for yesterday's narkiness; just having one of those days, mate. It started out bad, then went downhill from there.....nothing personal.

Yeah, if what @rcrsn51 says above is true, it also looks like it's a case of one of those drivers that seems to support a bunch of apparently unrelated chipsets.....IF you're going purely by the numbers - which I was - and don't know any different.

I shall have to remember this one in future; the rt2800usb IS definitely there. Seems you were right, after all. Sorry!

Mike.

pp4mnklinux what exactly did you do to get it working????

The info will help others and finish the story!!!!

ozsouth wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:04 am

@pp4mnklinux - to be sure of your adaptor type, run lsusb command as rcrsn51 suggests above.
If it is actually an rt3370, the .pet attached below should work (supposedly covers rt3070, rt3370, rt5370). Use at own risk.
After downloading the .pet, with the adaptor plugged in, click on it in ROX-Filer.
After a few seconds, try to connect.

@ozsouth GAVE me the solution. download/file.php?id=13270 DRIVER . PET

Everything is as simple as he said.-

Download the pet.
Install it
wait 4 secons
and my usb adapter is working.

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I must tell u something, only to know, when I installed it, and try to connect I was a little worried because it only offers the option to connect with None security, WEP and WAP ... and fortunatelly when I configured my router, I configured a channel absolutely free (I have 1 Gb and I dont mind if somepeople with less resources than me connect to my line absolutely no charge) and another with WAP security, because my principal channel has a security that is not supported by this driver)
Thanks god I made this, because if not I couldnt be able to connect to my modem.

This could be easy to solve, but ..... I cant do it wireless, to modify router I must connect to it directly.

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Thanks a lot again, specially @ozsouth who gave me the solution... EASY SOLUTION.. thanks

Every WIFI router, I have used, has a specific web address you can enter in a browser, and it will take you to the router setup screen.
It is a number type address that is given in the router documentation.
Can be used in a WIFI connection to the router.

Hi, bigpup, that is, but the problem appears when my main (administrator) account doesnt appears when I try to connect to the internet, so I can't access to it to modify options.

I dont know If I explained:

I have three accounts in my router:

1.- free with no security at all (but I cant administrate the router from it) which appears at the connection options
2.- another with wpa security (the same as the previously mentioned)

3.- The main account with administrator privileges, and it has high security level (WPA2 +AES) and it doesn't appears when trying to connect so I can only access to it when connected using a cable.

It's a problem but I know I can solve it when I will be connected with cable (now I can only access to my router when I am connected with the main account, the one than doesn't appears at the connection options)

Thanks

Hello everyone:

Now I repaired my cable connection.- The speed is what I pay, but I wanna learn more about wireless, so I' ll try to learn with the new antenna I bought.

Thanks a lot everybody for your help. Have a nice day, my friends.- CHEERS