Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified subject!]
On Donnerstag, 29. September 2016 10:09:45 PYT Dan Purgert wrote:
> <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.
In that case get yourself an install-medium from this place
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/
Cheers
Eike
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