hI, Your card seems to be a pci-e one. According to this page
http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x#Drivers I think you should upgrade your linux kernel to some version > 3.0.0 since support for your wireless card has started with kernel 3.0.0~rc1-1~experimental.1. To do so, you must install a fresher kernel than the one shipped with Debian Squeeze, which seems to be 2.6.32-5: Add the following 7 lines in /etc/apt/sources.list to gain access to the Debian testing (which will become Debian 7 "Wheezy") and unstable packages: ## Debian Wheezy 7.0 / testing: deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free ## Debian unstable: deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free then, update aptitude data base as root: aptitude update or prefix it with sudo: sudo aptitude update then install the unstable kernel (seems to be linux-image-3.1.0-1-amd64 as of today) and the realtek firmware: aptitude install linux-image-3.1.0-1-amd64 firmware-realtek aptitude might ask you to upgrade libc6 and a few other packages as well, this is normal. When it' done, reboot and choose to boot (something like) "Debian GNU/Linux kernel 3.1.0-1". I think this is all you need to do. Hope it does it! Nicolas >________________________________ > De : Paul Isambert <[email protected]> >À : [email protected] >Envoyé le : Mardi 22 Novembre 2011 15h29 >Objet : Make WiFi work. > >Hello, > >I've just installed Debian next to Windows 7, with the first DVD (i.e. >debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.iso). It was not without trouble, but now it works. > >The problem is the wifi. My card (Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E >NIC, says Windows) is apparently not recognized. I've tried various solutions >explained here and there, I have installed firmware-realtek and ndiswrapper >and wpa_supplicant and I don't know what, nothing worked. > >The hard part is that I have to switch to Windows to get an internet >connection, gather info and material, restart with Debian, try, fail, switch >to Windows again, an so on and so forth. Plus those stuff I'm instructed to >do, modprobe, iwconfig, you name it ... are ancient Greek to me, so I apply >them blindly, and perhaps what I've done before has gotten in the way, etc. So >I'm a bit tired, but I really would like to switch to Debian -- and have an >internet connection to find online documentation and start learning how to use >it. > >So: is there a simple solution to make the card mentionned above work? By >"simple", I mean that if something must be done, it should be explained >thoroughly (and not alluded to with "check X with Y"); I'm a complete newbie, >so assume absolutely no prior knowledge. > >Best, >Paul > > >-- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a >subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] >Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
