Make WiFi work.
Hello,
I've just installed Debian next to Windows 7, with the first DVD (i.e.
debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.iso). It was not without trouble, but now it works.
The problem is the wifi. My card (Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN 802.11n
PCI-E NIC, says Windows) is apparently not recognized. I've tried
various solutions explained here and there, I have installed
firmware-realtek and ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant and I don't know
what, nothing worked.
The hard part is that I have to switch to Windows to get an internet
connection, gather info and material, restart with Debian, try, fail,
switch to Windows again, an so on and so forth. Plus those stuff I'm
instructed to do, modprobe, iwconfig, you name it ... are ancient Greek
to me, so I apply them blindly, and perhaps what I've done before has
gotten in the way, etc. So I'm a bit tired, but I really would like to
switch to Debian -- and have an internet connection to find online
documentation and start learning how to use it.
So: is there a simple solution to make the card mentionned above work?
By "simple", I mean that if something must be done, it should be
explained thoroughly (and not alluded to with "check X with Y"); I'm a
complete newbie, so assume absolutely no prior knowledge.
Best,
Paul
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