bigpup wrote:We need the WIFI adapter info from the working Puppy version.
It is only the one line at the bottom of my post above i.e.
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USB network adapter : 802.11 n WLAN
EDIT: "One small step for (this) man".
Extensive reading lead me to believe that the driver being loaded was not actually correct for the adapter - so:
Load on the fly:
kernel_src_L4-2.6.33.2-patched.sfs, and
lupu_devx_528-4.sfs
Downloaded DPO_RT5572_LinuxSTA_2.6.1.3_SparkLAN.tar.gz to /opt/3572
Unzipped and go to DPO_RT5572_LinuxSTA_2.6.1.3_SparkLAN
Amended the Make file as outlined in the README_STA_usb file.
Confirmed /os/linux/config.mk had the WPA lines were "=y"
Back out to the DPO_RT5572_LinuxSTA_2.6.1.3_SparkLAN directory
make
which took surprising little time.
Then in /etc/udev/rules.d created a file
geany network_drivers.rules
In this file:
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="148f", ATTR{idProduct}=="3572", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -qba rt3572sta"
Then in /etc/modprobe.d created a file
geany network_drivers.conf
In this file:
install rt3572sta /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install rt3572sta $CMDLINE_OPTS; /bin/echo "148f 3572" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt3572/new_id
Shut down and rebooted.
The Network Wizard now has a ra0 entry. Configure it and am posting this with the adapter.
How much of the latter part of the above is actually required I do not know.
There is the same problem as in puppy 6.0 in that it only finds 2.4GHZ wifi.
EDIT 2:
Euphoria was short lived. It dis not survive a cold boot. I have blacklisted the rt2800usb module but no difference.