On Sat, 2015-05-09 at 16:36 -0500, JohnT wrote:
> I bought a newer 64-bit pc to replace this old 32-bit system and want to
> install Debian on it. I knew that 6.0.10 didn't seem to have Netgear
> wireless-through-USB support, so I tried 7.6.0 and 8.0 and found that they
> didn't recognize the Netgear hardware either. The 8.0 installer's hardware
> detection reported my wireless device as a mass storage device, as I
> recall. Netgear USB wireless devices have been around for several years
> and are commonly used. I bought mine at Walmart.
Netgear uses many different wifi chips from different manufacturers;
you'll have to be a lot more specific than that before we can even work
out what driver is needed.
> I found that Ubuntu works with my Netgear device, though I am having
> problems finding a mirror that still has that "longterm support" version
> available. And Mageia 4.1 works fine with Netgear, but there are some
> things in their software selection I don't like. I would rather be using
> just a simple upgrade of 6.0.10, which I find very satisfactory in most
> respects, better than 7.x.
>
> If you would add Netgear wireless support to 8.0, 7.x and 6.x, I'm sure
> many users would appreciate it.
It is likely that we will add more hardware support in a 8.x point
release, but not for 6.0.x or 7.x.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
Theory and practice are closer in theory than in practice.
- John Levine, moderator of comp.compilers
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