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by onrywayne
Tue 14 Apr 2020, 23:33
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to use Realtek USB wifi in BionicPup64 8.0?
Replies: 11
Views: 4102

@onrywayne: Could you please identify the make/model of your adapter? Or where you purchased it? Sorry it's taken me so long to get back with you. It's a generic USB 802.11N made in China and I bought it through Wish.com. :oops: If you want or need to dig deeper into it. The Specifications for it i...
by onrywayne
Fri 10 Apr 2020, 17:33
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to use Realtek USB wifi in BionicPup64 8.0?
Replies: 11
Views: 4102

The device ID apparently refers to 8188fu driver - try this one: https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linux_Skami_Driver_Repo/rtl8188fu-bionicpup64-4.19.23.pet Install by clicking on it in ROXFiler. Then reboot, choosing save. :D :D :D Hello ozsouth, Thank You so MUCH!!! I'm up and connected. Again t...
by onrywayne
Thu 09 Apr 2020, 22:54
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to use Realtek USB wifi in BionicPup64 8.0?
Replies: 11
Views: 4102

Re: Realtek 8192CU wireless USB driver for BionicPup64

Hi onrywayne. Welcome to the kennels. A word of advice: Try to make the titles of posts as informative as possible in order to attract the attention of those who may be interested or want to help. I'm afraid rockedge is correct in that you may have to compile the driver for your stock (kernel 4.19....
by onrywayne
Wed 08 Apr 2020, 17:38
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to use Realtek USB wifi in BionicPup64 8.0?
Replies: 11
Views: 4102

The rtl8192cu driver is definitely in the BionicPup64 kernel and should be detected OOTB. However, there were old reports of this adapter not working well and requiring the vendor driver. Here's what SNS - Barry's Simple Network Setup is showing. Interface Type Driver Bus Description eth0 Wired r81...
by onrywayne
Wed 08 Apr 2020, 11:58
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to use Realtek USB wifi in BionicPup64 8.0?
Replies: 11
Views: 4102

Hello onrywayne I think you will need to compile the driver module. Extract the files from the tarball and compile the driver against the kernel sources for the kernel you are using which sounds like the stock version 4.19.23. This will build the driver module which you will then need to use the St...
by onrywayne
Tue 07 Apr 2020, 21:42
Forum: Wireless
Topic: How to use Realtek USB wifi in BionicPup64 8.0?
Replies: 11
Views: 4102

How to use Realtek USB wifi in BionicPup64 8.0?

I'm trying to get my Realtek usb wireless driver to work. I have the driver disk, using Install puppy to do the install with it has the "Install Applications" which I am using. I've tried to extract the drivers to a folder that I created I named it "Network Driver" on drive sdd1 ...