Here is my output from running Pupscan:

DESCRIPTION: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter
VENDOR: 168c DEVICE: 0013 KERNEL MODULE: ath5k

Here is my kernel version on Puppy 5.3:

2.6.33.2

I'm at a loss as to where to go from here.

Thanks for that link. It looks like there's a patched Atheros driver pet that can be installed as well as a rfkill patch. I will try those before going the madwifi route. Concerning the .pet files...is there anything that needs to be done once they are installed? If I reboot and save the session to ...

Thank you for the info. I went to the madwifi site and found this on the page: "ath5k is a relatively new and emerging driver and does not depend on the HAL. It is intended to replace MadWifi in the long run and exceed it feature-wise. ath5k is where most of our development resources are spent ...

Anyone? Anyone at all?

I still haven't found a way to get my D-link DWL-G650 PCMCIA card working with Puppy Linux 5.2. I didn't see it in the list of confirmed cards, so I might be out of luck. Pity though since it works fine under Ubuntu and Fedora.

I just download Puppy Linux 5.2. It boots and loads fine and it even seems to recognize my wireless card as wlan0. It says it has an Atheros chipset, which is correct, but whenever I enter my wireless network info and try to connect, it fails. I also tried using the .inf file with ndiswrapper and al...