On 3/4/21 4:27 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
What I do now is make yet another attempt to convey my problem.
My universe consists of:
1. myself.
2. a laptop onto which I wish to install Debian using a netinst.iso .
3. an Alcatel Linkzone sold me by T-Mobile, my ISP.
T-Mobile erroneously ASSUMES that *all* customers will use it as a
WiFi Hotspot to create a LAN of up to 15 devices.
I, however, disable the WiFi as that function has *NO* value to me.
4. Debian, absent *ANY* non-free drivers, which is slightly schizoid
in that:
a. it will happily connect to internet if it was installed from an
image of DVD1.
b. its installer which assumes one has *exactly* 2 ways to connect
WiFi
"ethernet" N.B. the quotes and use of lower case
5. the internet which has all the privacy of a party-line from over
three score and ten in the past.
I will assume you have this device:
https://www.alcatelmobile.com/product/mobile-broadband/mobile-wifi/linkzone-cat4-mobile-wi-fi/#spec
I will assume your laptop has a Wi-Fi adapter.
Identify which Debian package(s) are required for your Wi-Fi adapter
(firmware, utilities, whatever). Download the packages and put them on
a USB flash drive.
Boot the Debian installer. Insert the USB flash drive with the Wi-Fi
packages when needed. Install the Wi-Fi packages. Proceed with the
Debian installation.
David
