3 Ways to Configure a Wireless Network in Puppy Linux

2025 Author: Samantha Chapman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-24 13:28

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

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

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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".

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

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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

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

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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"

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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.

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Step 4. Click "Save"

Method 3 of 3: Connecting to a Network

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

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Step 2. Click the "Wireless" button

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

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

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Step 5. Click "Use this profile"

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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.

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