Debian install issues with wireless
I'm trying to install Debian and it cannot detect my network. I have an Intel 4965 wireless card and it says I need the firmware iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode. So, I downloaded it from here, unzipped it and loaded it onto my usb drive, but no luck. A few issues that might help:
- It doesn't complain if I don't even put in the usb drive and tell it to load the firmware so maybe it's not even loading it at all - It asks me for my WEP key when I'm using WPA, not sure if that is just old text or if it's actually checking what it can use. - It's using DHCP autoconfig - I'm behind a router, not sure which IP address the router will assign if I choose manual instead of DHCP Edit: The thing that worries me is if I can't getting working now that I won't be able to after the install is complete. Is there any chance that I will have more options after the install? If so I can probably just do a wired connection install and set up the wireless after. |
i had same problem. start install from scratch and have the driver ready on usb-stick. This didn't work at first because i didn't enter the WEP key right:
s:<WEPkey> |
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Please try to find the deb package that contains the firmware. Then 'dpkg -i foo-firmware.deb' this way you can be sure that the firmware really is installed properly.
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware I think that maybe the following package is the one you want. http://http.us.debian.org/debian/poo...lenny2_all.deb Cheers, Evo2. |
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sudo dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi_0.14+lenny2_all.deb |
[QUOTE=ThirtySixBelow;3802691]I was actually in the middle of going down this route, but how do I direct it to install to my usb drive? I'm currently in ubuntu and it looks like it want's to install it to /lib/firmware on my current install.
[/code] Don't install it on Ubuntu, install it on your Debian machine. Use your usb stick to move it from your ubuntu machine to your Debian machine. Eg On your Ubuntu box: Code:
wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-iwlwifi_0.14+lenny2_all.deb On Debian box: Code:
dpkg -i /media/usb/firmware-iwlwifi_0.14+lenny2_all.deb |
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Have you tried ... http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi ?
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