Re: need help on setup netgear adapter

From	"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: need help on setup netgear adapter
Date	2021-11-30 12:50 +0100
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On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 09:56:32AM +0000, Long Wind wrote:
> i plug netgear wn111 to other PC (hp thin client) running debian 11it easily work, and don't seem to need non-free firmware??how to verify this? i think  rt2870.bin is needed by other adapter
> 
> 
>  ls /lib/firmware/ -lR
> /lib/firmware/:
> total 68
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Sep 20 03:17 av7110
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13388 Feb  1  2020 carl9170-1.fw
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Sep 20 03:17 cis
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Sep 20 03:17 dsp56k
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Sep 20 03:17 isci
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Sep 20 03:17 keyspan_pda
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3764 Jun 30  2020 regulatory.db
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1249 Jun 30  2020 regulatory.db.p7s
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8192 Sep 19 22:11 rt2870.bin
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   999 Feb  1  2020 usbduxfast_firmware.bin
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1770 Feb  1  2020 usbdux_firmware.bin
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8192 Feb  1  2020 usbduxsigma_firmware.bin
> 
> /lib/firmware/av7110:
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 212 Feb  1  2020 bootcode.bin
> 
> /lib/firmware/cis:
> total 64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 Feb  1  2020 3CCFEM556.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134 Feb  1  2020 3CXEM556.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 109 Feb  1  2020 COMpad2.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  76 Feb  1  2020 COMpad4.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136 Feb  1  2020 DP83903.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 253 Feb  1  2020 LA-PCM.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107 Feb  1  2020 MT5634ZLX.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  54 Feb  1  2020 NE2K.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210 Feb  1  2020 PCMLM28.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  68 Feb  1  2020 PE-200.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  74 Feb  1  2020 PE520.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  86 Feb  1  2020 RS-COM-2P.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122 Feb  1  2020 SW_555_SER.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140 Feb  1  2020 SW_7xx_SER.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 Feb  1  2020 SW_8xx_SER.cis
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  85 Feb  1  2020 tamarack.cis
> 
> /lib/firmware/dsp56k:
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 375 Feb  1  2020 bootstrap.bin
> 
> /lib/firmware/isci:
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 232 Feb  1  2020 isci_firmware.bin
> 
> /lib/firmware/keyspan_pda:
> total 8
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1914 Feb  1  2020 keyspan_pda.fw
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2018 Feb  1  2020 xircom_pgs.fw
> 
> 
> 
>   

This is an old adapter. ar9170 - it looks as if it's covered in 
firmware-linux-free now - but you might need a file carl9170-1.fw

https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/firmware-linux-free

All the very best, as ever,

Andy C.

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need help on setup netgear adapter Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-30 04:40 +0100
  Re: need help on setup netgear adapter Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-30 06:40 +0100
    Re: need help on setup netgear adapter Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-30 11:00 +0100
      Re: need help on setup netgear adapter "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-11-30 12:50 +0100
        Re: need help on setup netgear adapter Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-12-01 06:30 +0100
          Re: need help on setup netgear adapter "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-12-01 10:10 +0100
            Re: need help on setup netgear adapter Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-12-01 11:50 +0100
              Re: need help on setup netgear adapter "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-12-01 19:10 +0100

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