Re: Installing Squeeze with only wireless network available
Hi, Klistvud wrote: Howdie, fellow Debianites! There is no wired internet available in our apartment. Is it possible to make the Squeeze installer use a USB wireless interface during installation (for setting up the mirrors, downloading from the internet etc.)? What do I have to do to make it happen? The wireless network I'm planning to use is open to all (unprotected/unencrypted). A solution is to use a wireless bridge device. These bridge to a standard Ethernet connection without the client machine having to know anything at all about the wireless network. Here is one example: http://www.netgear.com.au/au/Product/Home-Theater/Networking-for-Home-/WNCE2001 I use these to bridge to a wired network, just plug it into a standard switch and let it serve all ports on that switch via the single wireless. Obviously not so good if you high throughput on multiple devices, but handy for what you need -- directly to a single computer. -- Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d4fda61.4090...@affinityvision.com.au
Re: Installing Squeeze with only wireless network available
On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:27:17 +0100 Klistvud wrote: > Howdie, fellow Debianites! > > There is no wired internet available in our apartment. Is it > possible to make the Squeeze installer use a USB wireless interface > during installation (for setting up the mirrors, downloading from the > internet etc.)? What do I have to do to make it happen? The wireless > network I'm planning to use is open to all (unprotected/unencrypted). The Squeeze installer is good. To make the wireless work, I had to get some non-free firmware and the installer told me what was required. I just went onto the net and found the firmware required, placed it on a USB stick where the installer found it, because it asked me if it should look for these files, said yes, and it did. It is a very nifty installer. The best yet, and I must congratulate all who had anything to do with it. I hope you find it likewise. Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/ - Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** You cannot avoid paradise. You can only avoid seeing it. CHARLOTTE JOKO BECK *** Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110208091409.46a633fe@taowild
Re: Installing Squeeze with only wireless network available
On 2011-02-07 11:27 +0100, Klistvud wrote: > There is no wired internet available in our apartment. Is it possible > to make the Squeeze installer use a USB wireless interface during > installation (for setting up the mirrors, downloading from the internet > etc.)? Only if you don't use WPA/WPA2. > What do I have to do to make it happen? The wireless network I'm > planning to use is open to all (unprotected/unencrypted). In that case the only problem is that your WLAN stick might need non-free firmware, and you need to provide that firmware during the installation. See http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware#Firmwareduringtheinstallation for more information. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/874o8g8759@turtle.gmx.de
Installing Squeeze with only wireless network available
Howdie, fellow Debianites! There is no wired internet available in our apartment. Is it possible to make the Squeeze installer use a USB wireless interface during installation (for setting up the mirrors, downloading from the internet etc.)? What do I have to do to make it happen? The wireless network I'm planning to use is open to all (unprotected/unencrypted). -- Cheerio, Klistvud http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com Certifiable Loonix User #481801 Please reply to the list, not to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1297074437.5951.1@compax
