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Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live?



On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 20:38:04 -0400
Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> wrote:

> I tried to make a "Realtek RTL8191SU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0
> Network Adapter" work on Debian 10 Live with LXDE, but I couldn't.
> Here is what I already have tried:
> 
> 1-. Downloaded package firmware-realtek from package.debian.org.

Erm, possibly because firmware-realtek doesn't support that particular
adapter (??). It supports variants of the 8191, but I don't see the SU.

root@orca:~# apt-cache show firmware-realtek | grep -i RTL8191SU
root@orca:~# apt-cache show firmware-realtek | grep -i RTL8191
  * Realtek RTL8192SE/RTL8191SE firmware, version 4.816.2011
root@orca:~# 

I say, possibly, because Realtek firmware is screwy.

There are also USB WiFi adapters that simply don't play with Linux.

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