On Thu, 13 Aug 2015, John Olson wrote: > Good afternoon, My name is John and I have ran into an issues when > installing DEBIAN 8.1.0 (Jessie). I have tried downloading and > installing the firmware pkgs that it shows were not installed during > initial install. I am new to Debian and I am trying to correct these > following issues. > > says I need to install firmware for: *rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin* and also > *rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw* > > When I do install these pkgs via (synaptic manager) they install fine > but do not show any available wireless.. only allows Ethernet > connection. I have followed the WIKI Debian install information to > the "T" and have found no solution. If any information that could > help with this situation is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your > time and consideration in reviewing my issue.
Did you install the wireless tools along with everything else? I'm assuming you have a notebook. They don't always get installed by default. Check your install docs under wireless or wifi. Instructions should be there. B
