Re: Subject: Question: Using USB Wi-Fi adapters with older Debian versions

["Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 06:49:07PM +0300, 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?
> 

Ideally, at this point, use Debian 13 (Trixie) which has just been released.
There are still issues with the latest WiFi 7 chipsets - earlier chipsets
should work. (I normally use second-user laptops which are one or two years
old).

There are occasional issues where Debian is not able to run on the very
newest hardware. Firmware does eventually get updated with any luck.

Hope this helps,

Andrew Cater
(amacater@debian.org)

> Are there any USB Wi-Fi chipsets or models that are known to work well out
> of the box with these older Debian versions?
> I would be very grateful for any suggestions or recommendations.
> 
> Thank you for your time and help,
> Tran Duc Minh