On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Tim Tebbit <tteb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Foss User wrote: > >>>> Please help me to get wireless working with Debian (recentmost Squeeze). >>> What is the output of ifconfig wlan0? >>> >> >> # ifconfig wlan0 >> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:3c:6b:d5:62 >> BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 >> RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > Is this implying that you do indeed already have the firmware package > installed and you still can not connect? > >
I just checked that I don't have the firmware-iwlwifi package installed. I'll be installing it now. But without the firmware package, why do I get an output for ifconfig wlan0? Is it because of some other firmware package being installed? Can I verify this somehow? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
