This is a guide to configuring a home wireless network (IEEE 802.11, also called WiFi) with Puppy Linux using the graphical interface.
Steps
If your router is not new, turn it on, connect it to your PC and skip to method 2 "Detecting your wireless interface".
Method 1 of 3: Set up your new router

Step 1. Connect the router to your home internet socket

Step 2. Connect the router to your PC via an ethernet cable

Step 3. Open your browser and type in the address "https://192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1" or "https://192.168.2.1 192.168.2.1", or "https://192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1".

Step 4. Enter your username and password for the router (usually "admin" and "admin"), then your Internet Service Operator

Step 5. Enable wireless and choose WPA encryption (WEP can be cracked in seconds) with AES option if available
Then enter a 64-character password.
Method 2 of 3: Detecting your GUI

Step 1. Click the "Connect" icon on the desktop

Step 2. In the "Connect" window, click "Connect to the internet via network card"
If a wireless card appears under "Interfaces" ("Driver Modules" in Puppy version 2), skip to the next method "Connect to a network"

Step 3. Click "Upload Module", choose Automatic and click OK
If successful, you can skip to "Connecting to a network".
- If your card is not detected automatically, do it manually by choosing the manufacturer and model, then click OK.
- If your board is not on the list, visit the WirelessWorking website for a list of Puppy compatible boards.
- If your wireless card is not on the list, choose "ndiswrapper" from the list and choose the Microsoft Windows driver (file with.inf extension) and click OK until you return to the network configuration window.

Step 4. Click "Save"
Method 3 of 3: Connecting to a Network

Step 1. Under "Interfaces", click on the newly detected wireless card

Step 2. Click the "Wireless" button

Step 3. Click the "Scan" button (it may take several attempts), choose your wireless network and click OK

Step 4. Choose the encryption method (WEP or WPA) and then enter your 64-character password

Step 5. Click "Use this profile"

Step 6. Click "Auto DHCP" (or "Static IP" and enter an IP address if "Auto DHCP" doesn't work)
At this point you are connected.