Wireless won't work :-(
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Hi!
I just upgraded to a new computer and immediately installed Trisquel!
While everything seems to be working fine, my wireless card doesn't seem to be recognized
My laptop is a Dell Latitude E6420 and the network card is Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (that's what the command "lspci | grep net" gave me back)
I know that some people will recommend me to buy the usb stick ThinkPenguin but before even thinking about that, I was wondering if anybody had experienced the same problem and if a fix is available ?
I don't want to have to install a non-free driver or distro but at the same time I understand that Wi-Fi is a big problem when it comes to non-free drivers.
Thanks
FredB
Hi!
I am in the same situation! Unfortunately, Intel wifi cards don't have
free drivers so you'll have to go with a USB dongle.
I myself got one. Have a look on h-node if you can't afford a
ThinkPenguin dongle, some models hardly cost anything and work with
Trisquel out of the box.
Let me know if you need any help in choosing one,
Khoi
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 05:54:05PM +0100, name at domain wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I just upgraded to a new computer and immediately installed Trisquel!
>While everything seems to be working fine, my wireless card doesn't
>seem to be recognized
>
>My laptop is a Dell Latitude E6420 and the network card is Intel
>Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (that's what the
>command "lspci | grep net" gave me back)
>
>I know that some people will recommend me to buy the usb stick
>ThinkPenguin but before even thinking about that, I was wondering if
>anybody had experienced the same problem and if a fix is available ?
>I don't want to have to install a non-free driver or distro but at the
>same time I understand that Wi-Fi is a big problem when it comes to
>non-free drivers.
>
>Thanks
>
>FredB
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I ran into this on a Dell E6500 so I took out the WiFi card that was installed internally and bought an Atheros for about $15 on amazon. It installed in the same slot and was detected instantly. Look on H-node for supported chipsets and make sure you buy the right style card for your machine.
Ok, I give up, sorry :-(
I went over to Debian and installed a non-free firmware
Thanks for your help though!
You could instead just get a Wifi USB dongle at ThinkPenguin- that way you won't need any proprietary firmware.
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-g-usb-adapter
you just plug it in and it works!(if you have a modern gnu/linux system like trisquel 7)
i recommend getting the optional 2$ extention cable though as it could block your other usb ports other wise
I am a member!
Honestly, though I'm using a TP USB wifi radio in a Toshiba laptop with an Intel wifi build in, I don't feel like I've gained much, if anything, from this purchase. I could run something like Ubuntu Mate, and have the same set of free apps. If I did this, and never used that ugly Software Center, I'd essentially have the same system.
FredB: I see that you didn't take the effort to even see if your wireless NIC would work with free software (I can tell because you misidentified your Ethernet NIC as your wireless NIC, so you didn't even bother to do a web search for its model) and even knowing for an option that allows you to avoid proprietary software, you didn't take it, but you installed the proprietary software instead.
It's necessary that we put effort than that to achieve our goals. That applies to all areas of human activity. Using proprietary software whenever a free replacement isn't available (Even more when one *IS* available, such as in this case) means perpetuating the existence of the proprietary program and the absence of the free replacement.
Well, I did a lspci | grep net and that's what I got as a result. So I don't understand where you come up with "I misindentified my wireless card"), what should I have done to correctly identify it ?
I don't see where "I didn't even bother to do a web search" when the users on this thread told me that there is no free firmware available.
But maybe do you know a free driver for my card ?
You showed us your Ethernet card.
The description of my Wifi card by 'lspci' starts with "Network controller:" and would not be retained by 'grep net', which is case-sensitive ('grep Net' would catch it) unless option -i is used ('grep -i net' would catch it).
You can show us the unfiltered output of 'lspci' (i.e., just type 'lspci') but don't hold your breath: there certainly is no free driver or firmware for your Wifi card.
Here is what the command returned :
root@debian:/home/frederic# lspci | grep -i net
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] (rev 34)
You wireless NIC is the of same series as this machine (they both depend on the same non-free firmware to operate on linux - it's called iwlwifi for reference) :
Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 [Rainbow Peak] (rev 34)
I currently have a Wireless Repeater attached to the back of the screen connecting by ethernet to my Realtek NIC. Getting ever closer to suit case sized computers again.
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