Question Internet not working on Puppy Linux ?

[hmunster123]

I installed Puppy Linux on an older HP laptop (ten years old or so). I was running Windows on it and the internet worked fine. The Puppy Linux software installed with no problems but I can't get online with it.
I am running this on my own laptop, but I'm a teacher at a school. Not sure if anything is blocking it. Any advice? Thanks.

 

[Ralston18]

More information needed.

Explain more about what you are doing or trying to do, what happens or does not happen, any error messages, etc..

Who is the network/router administrator? You will need help from that person.

 

[TerryLaze]

It probably doesn't "see" the ethernet device, you would have to install drivers for the ethernet, or the wifi if you are using that.

 

[Grobe]

A ten yr old laptop isn't that old, so unless this is a very-very cheap little thing - I'd rather suggested another Linux distro, something like Linux Mint - with Mate desktop.

The Puppy (actually is a collection of various distros under an umbrella, sort of) may be very light in resource usage, but also may not support as broad range of HW as other distros - especially if you're using a 32 bit distro.

Btw: do you happens to know the exact iso image you installed Puppy from ?

And - what excact model number for your laptop ?

 

[hmunster123]

Thanks, I will answer questions next week. I only work at that school on Mondays and Tuesdays. My laptop is 64 bit, is that the problem? Also how do I find drivers for the wireless?