Now I have problems with D-Bus & Debian Authenticity security, my god,
"Timed OUT"
 amongst other things.
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Darren Gmail <daz...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I am having some problems in getting my wlan (Intel Centrino 6300
> AGN) to work on a T510 with Debian 6.0.
>
> The 6300 does work under Windows... So there does'nt appear to be a
> hardware defect, it's just a software configuration issue.
>
> I have wrote (debian-6.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso) to a USB key along with
> the binary firmware, iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode from
> http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/d ... 21.4.1.tgz
>
> I have copied iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode into the root of the USB drive and
> also into /firmware but I am not sure if it's being read or if there
> is another problem.
>
> The key boots, but does'nt find the firmware.  What is the exact path
> and file which should be wrote to the USB drive which is usinf FAT32.
>
>
>
> When the netinstaller boots up, I configure the primary network interface:
>
> I select wlan0: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (Wireless)
>
> Searching for wireless access points..
>
> Wireless ESSID for wlan0: I enter this case sensitively
>
>
> Then the WPA key (s:passphrase) (case sensitively)
>
> Configuring the network with DHCP.........
>
> Network autoconfiguration failed...
>
> Note my router is set to use WPA2 Personal, TKIP+AES, could this be
> the issue ? Could the wireless software only support WEP and not WPA2
> Personal ?
>
> I dont think that iwlist/iwconfig exists on the USB bootable key, else
> I would try a few more things. Does Debian use the ansi tool, netcfg
> to configure all of the networking, I could'nt see any command line
> options.
>
> A workaround would be to install from DVD and then to add the Debian
> package firmware-iwlwifi but it'd be so cool to see a network
> installation just work like it should with this wireless hardware.
>
> How can I easily debug this.  If this wireless adapter is too
> troublesome, which USB wireless adapter would you suggest that I
> purchase which does not involve firmware loading and has native kernel
> support.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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