i plug netgear wn111 to other PC (hp thin client) running debian 11
it easily work, and don't seem to need non-free firmware??
how to verify this? i think rt2870.bin is needed by other adapter
ls /lib/firmware/ -lR
/lib/firmware/:
total 68
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 03:17 av7110
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13388 Feb 1 2020 carl9170-1.fw
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 03:17 cis
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 03:17 dsp56k
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 03:17 isci
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 03:17 keyspan_pda
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3764 Jun 30 2020 regulatory.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1249 Jun 30 2020 regulatory.db.p7s
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8192 Sep 19 22:11 rt2870.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 999 Feb 1 2020 usbduxfast_firmware.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1770 Feb 1 2020 usbdux_firmware.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8192 Feb 1 2020 usbduxsigma_firmware.bin
/lib/firmware/av7110:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 212 Feb 1 2020 bootcode.bin
/lib/firmware/cis:
total 64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 Feb 1 2020 3CCFEM556.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134 Feb 1 2020 3CXEM556.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 109 Feb 1 2020 COMpad2.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 76 Feb 1 2020 COMpad4.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136 Feb 1 2020 DP83903.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 253 Feb 1 2020 LA-PCM.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107 Feb 1 2020 MT5634ZLX.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54 Feb 1 2020 NE2K.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210 Feb 1 2020 PCMLM28.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68 Feb 1 2020 PE-200.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 Feb 1 2020 PE520.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 86 Feb 1 2020 RS-COM-2P.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122 Feb 1 2020 SW_555_SER.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140 Feb 1 2020 SW_7xx_SER.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 Feb 1 2020 SW_8xx_SER.cis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 85 Feb 1 2020 tamarack.cis
/lib/firmware/dsp56k:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 375 Feb 1 2020 bootstrap.bin
/lib/firmware/isci:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 232 Feb 1 2020 isci_firmware.bin
/lib/firmware/keyspan_pda:
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1914 Feb 1 2020 keyspan_pda.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2018 Feb 1 2020 xircom_pgs.fw