Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified subject!]
<tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 03:30:04PM -0700, holtzm@cox.net wrote:
>> Clean install of deb8 (jessie)on my Thinkpad T4220i laptop. went well
>> except for the fact that the network configuration
>> with DCP failed.
>
> This is probably DHCP. That means that the laptop tries to ask in
> the local network for an IP address and gets assigned one by the
> (local) DHCP server, which these days typically is the internet
> router.
It could be as simple as the laptop requires non-free drivers (e.g.
Intel), which were not installed as part of the Debian setup process.
I had that issues with Wheezy and an Intel 7260 WLAN card.
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