Pwireless2 (Version 1.0)

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jemimah · #121 Post by **jemimah** » Wed 06 Jan 2010, 06:54

I've posted beta 2.7. This is just a fix for gtrayicon so that it will work on Puppy 4.2. You still need to install libgio; I've added the download link to the first post.

zigbert · #122 Post by **zigbert** » Fri 08 Jan 2010, 21:45

Suggestion

jemimah · #123 Post by **jemimah** » Fri 08 Jan 2010, 22:33

Perfect. Any ideas for the icon on the menu? Or keep it as it is?

trapster · #124 Post by **trapster** » Fri 08 Jan 2010, 23:06

I like the icons by trio found Here

zigbert · #125 Post by **zigbert** » Sat 09 Jan 2010, 00:37

jemimah wrote:Any ideas for the icon on the menu? Or keep it as it is?

As the stingy person I am, I would make a symlink to the tray-icon

esmourguit · #126 Post by **esmourguit** » Sat 09 Jan 2010, 18:09

Bonjour à tous,

@ jemimah, one question :
pwireless2 2.7
first boot live CD : Connection with Ethernet cable only : no wireless device, Ethernet connection does not occur.
first boot live CD : USB wifi device is plugged, then Ethernet connection is set automatically.
Is this normal behavior for Pwireless2?

Cordialement

jemimah · #127 Post by **jemimah** » Sat 09 Jan 2010, 18:50

Yes, Pwireless2 now shuts down if you have no wireless devices. It does make sense to start up dhcpcd anyway so ethernet devices will work. I will fix that for the next version.

magerlab · #128 Post by **magerlab** » Sat 09 Jan 2010, 19:14

first i want to thank jemimah because my wife have no problems with wifi now with pwireless2

second i have wish if possible to combine all interfaces into one appliccation (like network wizard)
and the last question is to add localization template( gettext) for pwireless2

jemimah · #129 Post by **jemimah** » Sat 09 Jan 2010, 20:38

The latest version of Pwireless2 does have all the interfaces on the DHCP tab. You configure ethernet from there. I have no plans to add dialup at this point. What else is missing? It might be necessary to rename Pwireless2 since it does work on wired too. Any suggestions?

I will add localization to the todo list. It'll take some work and add some complexity. I may wait a few versions to make sure everything is adequately debugged before making things more complicated.

01micko · #130 Post by **01micko** » Sat 09 Jan 2010, 22:32

"pupLan"...................................................?????????

esmourguit · #131 Post by **esmourguit** » Tue 12 Jan 2010, 10:08

Bonjour à tous,

It might be necessary to rename Pwireless2 since it does work on wired too. Any suggestions?

Why not simply Pnetwork?
Cordialement

bill · #132 Post by **bill** » Thu 14 Jan 2010, 00:22

I can well understand why this Pwireless thing is so interesting so I guess
I can blame jemimah and Pwireless2 Beta for getting me hooked

I had tryed Pwireless2 without any joy but it has at least put me on a road
to understanding more about USB Wifi Plugins and why some will work in Pwireless 4.3.1 and others require a driver.This was a senior moment for me.

jemimah · #133 Post by **jemimah** » Thu 14 Jan 2010, 01:16

Hmm, I'm not sure what driver that needs. Googling it comes back with a lot of references to Ndiswrapper, so maybe it has no native driver. You might have better luck posting on the hardware forum.

I don't think Pwireless has any code in it that would let it start up automatically at boot (it certainly never worked like that for me). You're probably going to either use network wizard, or see if you can find a workaround to get Pwireless2 to work.

bill · #134 Post by **bill** » Thu 14 Jan 2010, 04:41

jemimah,I think I have finally come to the conclusion that the WPA Supplicant is the nature of my ills in the Beta . I DL the beta package and install the .pet. Then I reboot,before I even try to run Pwireless2 ,the blinky shows up with an x in it showing disconnected.How can this be ?
The Pwireless 4.3.1 doesn't show the blinky until after I have entered my
WEP passphrase which then shows connected.Then I simply quit and I am good to surf.Somehow WPA is installing itself before it is called and I think WPA is trying to install itself over the top of the first install and locking up my professor

.I hope this helps you to figure it out because it will surely be a hit when operational. cheers

jemimah · #135 Post by **jemimah** » Thu 14 Jan 2010, 04:51

Pwireless2 is a totally different animal than Pwireless or network wizard. It uses wpa_supplicant to do the scanning and make all connections. So it has to start it right away. It always runs in the background, looking for networks to connect to.

Does it lock up right away after starting?

bill · #136 Post by **bill** » Thu 14 Jan 2010, 06:25

Here are the screens.After the 5thscr I can do a loop from 4th to 5th over and over and if I try to go anywhere else,I'm locked out.If I try to close or kill down on the taskbar,I can kill it but then if I try to reboot it says
Puppy is shutting down ,but it WON"T so I have to manually hold in the Power button 5 seconds to poweroff.

bill · #137 Post by **bill** » Thu 14 Jan 2010, 06:37

jemimah,is there a possibilty a variable is out of whack ?
SSID all caps and ssid lower case.Just wondering ? cheers

bill · #138 Post by **bill** » Thu 14 Jan 2010, 13:52

Hi jemimah,Since I realized you might need more confusion and being a
tea kettle and ,prone to spout off.I decided to add this.It has been many
moons since I did any C or prehistoric GWBASIC (Yes I am way past "Sale Date)

and if this is in error,just blame old age.

cheers

jemimah · #139 Post by **jemimah** » Thu 14 Jan 2010, 15:12

It shouldn't be asking you to set the SSID at all unless you have a hidden SSID. You don't, do you?

After you got the message about waiting 30 seconds, did it successfully get an IP?

(it's not in C, it's all in bash)

bill · #140 Post by **bill** » Thu 14 Jan 2010, 16:37

nope,it goes directly to scrn #4 and then goes loop between 4th and 5th.If i try to go to "profiles" it is blank and locks me out and none of the tabs function.Then it is time to Power Down.Boot Puppy Pfix=ram.delete
Pupsave in the memory stick and resave.

also I don't hide anything except in the case of scrnshots where I didn't think it appropriate to post PassPhrases and passwords for fear some clever folks could have too much fun.

cheers

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Pwireless2 (Version 1.0)

Why some work out of the box (USB Wifi adapters)

I think WPA is the culprit on my machine

notice the 4th and 5th screen "SSID and ssid"

and another darned thing ! ha ha