Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:20:02 +0200, Bob Proulx wrote:
> poenikatu@operamail.com wrote:
>> Ubuntu asked for the ESSID and WPA2 password and connected fine.
>>
>> Debian squeeze installer asked for firmware to be installed from
>> removable media
>> but failed to load the files from CD-ROM. So wifi does not work.
>
> Unfortunately at this time (as far as I know) the debian-installer does
> not support WPA or WPA2 at installation time. Only open wifi and WEP
> wifi support has so far been included. Installation over WPA/WPA2 isn't
> yet available. I have heard it is being worked on.
>
>> I have installed the firmware-iwlwifi package and have checked that the
>> firmware files required are in /lib/firmware.
>>
>> Is there any way I can get the firmware loaded once squeeze is
>> installed so that wifi will work?
>
> You should be able to install using a wire, using open wifi, using WEP
> wifi without problems. After you install the system should be able to
> connect using WPA/WPA2 wifi okay. This is the way virtually every
> laptop that installs Debian and then uses wireless for WPA/WPA2 works
> today.
>
> Bob
> poenikatu@operamail.com wrote:
>> Ubuntu asked for the ESSID and WPA2 password and connected fine.
>>
>> Debian squeeze installer asked for firmware to be installed from
>> removable media
>> but failed to load the files from CD-ROM. So wifi does not work.
>
> Unfortunately at this time (as far as I know) the debian-installer does
> not support WPA or WPA2 at installation time. Only open wifi and WEP
> wifi support has so far been included. Installation over WPA/WPA2 isn't
> yet available. I have heard it is being worked on.
>
>> I have installed the firmware-iwlwifi package and have checked that the
>> firmware files required are in /lib/firmware.
>>
>> Is there any way I can get the firmware loaded once squeeze is
>> installed so that wifi will work?
>
> You should be able to install using a wire, using open wifi, using WEP
> wifi without problems. After you install the system should be able to
> connect using WPA/WPA2 wifi okay. This is the way virtually every
> laptop that installs Debian and then uses wireless for WPA/WPA2 works
> today.
>
> Bob
What do you mean "using a wire"? and "open wifi".
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