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



On Mon, 01 Sep 2025 20:24:59 +0000
John Scott <jscott@posteo.net> wrote:

>  • can it be used during the installation with the Debian Installer
> such as for fetching packages over the network[.]
>
> To the second question, I don't think it's tested very often, but in
> principle it ought to and I'll try to do a test after sending this
> mail.

Good luck. My limited experience here is that it does not work very
well. However, it may not be entirely a firmware issue. One laptop I
have here has an Atheros WiFi IF, and d-i does not set it up either.

I will be curious to see what you come up with.


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