On 05/31/2022 02:00 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: *SNIP*
I am doing a fresh install from home using an Alcatel Linkzone to connect to my T-mobile account. I have had no problems doing this with standard netinstallers.? That seems to be a new interpretation of the thread: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/10/msg00571.htmlFrom reading https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/10/msg00603.html in that thread, I don't think so. That thread referred ti a standard [i.e. free] netinst iso. This case is using the non-free firmware. I will have to carefully read the entire thread to see if it has point(s) in common.
I've a dozen more posts to (re)read in the thread.I'm beginning to suspect appreciation of comments about "CDC Ethernet" will be key. [Especially posts by Tixy]
I've at least a dozen web references marked for "CDC Ethernet".I have information overload. Suspect meaningful comprehension will take a couple of days ;/
More later.