I have installed Siduction on an old laptop with a Linksys AE1200 wireless USB adapter (Broadcom chip set). As per the manual, I have installed:
firmware-linux
firmware-linux-free
firmware-linux-nonfree
fw-detect gives me no output, and I cannot detect the wireless network. :-( I even installed firmware-brcm80211 but to no avail. What should I try next?
Please provide the usb-id of the device. You will find it in the output oflsusb -vv It looks like xxxx:yyyy
13b1:0039
I don't understand all the output, but this seems to mean that Linksys is the vendor, and the specific product is "AE1200 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43235]".
P.S. After poking around a bit with this information, it seems that I need to get the firmware from the git repositories. Is that right? I'm going to give it a shot.
the product/vendor ID 13b1:0039 points to http://wiki.debian.org/rt2800usb
greetz
devil
Are you sure? I see 13B1:0031 in the Supported Devices list but not 0039, and iwconfig still shows no wireless extensions.
I was looking at this page, http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211
BTW, this is a learning experience for me.
No solution, but some info about linux driver support for 13B1:0039
http://www.wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_AE1200
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg84737.html
--> support is on its way into mainline and it seems you have to wait until the next final linus-kernel gets released.
Maybe in the meantime this helps, don't know:
http://forums.bodhilinux.com/index.php?/topic/4446-how-do-i-connect-to-a-wireless-n-usb-wi-fi-adapter/
I guess, i was wrong, but googling for debian 13b1:0039 leads to rt2800usb, if you are in a hurry :)
yes, devil, but on this rt2800usb list 13b1:0039 is not between the supported devices.