Re: Netinstall cannot find wireless access points
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Jens Tobiska <jtobiska@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to install debian on a lenovo x61 with an intel 4965AGN built in
> wifi card from a usb stick.
>
> The installation fails when trying to find wireless access points. It then
> asks me to enter ESSID and password which I do. It then does something with
> DHCP but still fails to find a network.
>
> In case it matters, I did create the boot usb stick with unetbootin. The
> result is the same whether I use stable or testing. For the stable branch I
> need to put the iwlwifi-4965-ucode file on the usb stick since otherwise the
> installer fails one step earlier (when recognizing the wifi card). With
> "testing" this is not necessary, I presume because the driver is built into
> the kernel already.
>
> Wireless internet works from the same computer in windows with WPA2-PSK,
> AES.
>
> Is there a way to make the installer find my network?
WPA support was added to debian-installer for wheezy with
wpasupplicant-udeb. For squeeze, you'll have to downgrade your wlan to
sep or less; or use a wired network.
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