On Aug 25, 2025, Tran Duc Minh wrote: > Subject: Question: Using USB Wi-Fi adapters with older Debian versions > > Dear Debian Community, > > I have a question about Wi-Fi support on older Debian releases. > If my laptop’s built-in Wi-Fi is not supported by Debian 11 or 12, is it > possible to use a USB Wi-Fi adapter during installation to get internet > access? I would imagine so, if the USB dongle is supported "natively" in Debian. The main challenge is, I believe, non-free firmware. What WLAN card do you have in the machine that you are concerned about losing support for? -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860
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