Puppy Linux

sangi · 03-06-2007, 12:14 AM

I am using Puppy Linux on a Live CD. I have a Huawei Quidway WA1003A USB broadband modem but I dont have a network card. Puppy Linux does not detect my modem. Can I work with the USB modem or do I have to necessarily install it through an ethernet card? How do I install my modem and do the settings? Somebody please help.

bigearsbilly · 03-06-2007, 07:21 AM

easier to get an ethernet card.
they are cheap anyhow.

indogo · 04-27-2007, 10:02 AM

Well ethernet card is the simplest route....linux support for usb modems is a bit fragmented anyway but if you can find sources from somewhare (including the manufacturer) or a compiled package for debian or similar then you may have sucess...I managed to get a speedtouch usb adsl modem working.

regards

mike

LobsterEd · 05-29-2007, 10:17 PM

Puppy Linux will have better modem support in 2.17 "Dancer" - expected early July 2007
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Puppy217

LobsterEd · 04-30-2009, 01:36 AM

Puppy Linux 4.2.1 has improved modem support. Puppy no longer probes for a serial modem and mouse at bootup, as that has proved unreliable, and is slow. In the case of a modem, other modem types are still auto-detected, and there has been major improvement of the PupDial and associated scripts to improve probing and modem setup post-bootup. Puppy is one of the few distros that is actively working on supporting Internet dialup users.

Puppy now supports Internet connection by Multitech USB GPRS modem
http://puppylinux.org/downloads/offi...2-deep-thought