I did this Debian installation for a friend of mine who
(unfortunately)
decided to keep the pre-installed proprietary operating system.
The problem during the installation was the following: d-i detected
the
Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 wireless network card, but it couldn't connect
for some reason! This problem is present in the installed system, too:
the wifi networks are shown but no connections despite correct
passwords.
I tested with two different mobile phones using tethering wifi.
That's a very interesting data point, thanks: that's not a limitation
of
the installer environment then, most likely a problem with the Linux
kernel modules and/or firmware for this particular bit of hardware.
You could maybe give bookworm-backports a shot (sticking to a bookworm
baseline)? Or maybe you could look into the brand new Trixie Alpha 1
images we've just published (with a trixie aka. testing baseline)?
(Possibly just checking the wireless connection part, without
installing
everything again… with a testing base this time.)