This directory contains firmware packages for wireless network adapters. The directions below tell you how to find the right package and install it. If you don't know which driver to use, there are a couple of ways to figure it out. 1. Run 'lspci' to see what Network controller is listed, then search for it in the package descriptions. For example, if lspci shows: 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter Then look in the firmware descriptions below to find one that matches the name of your wireless adapter, in this case, firmware-realtek. 2. If you have another linux installed on that computer, and wireless is working in that installation, boot into it and run: dpkg --get-selections | grep firmware and you will see all packages with "firmware" in the name. One of them will be for the wireless controller. In either case, once you know which package you need, install it with: dpkg -i or gdebi or Navigate to this directory in the file-manager and click on the package you want (or right-click and open it with gdebi.) WIRELESS FIRMWARE DESCRIPTIONS Package: b43-fwcutter New: yes State: not installed Version: 1:019-2 Priority: optional Section: contrib/utils Maintainer: Daniel Echeverry Architecture: amd64 Uncompressed Size: 100 k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0 Description: utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware Homepage: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 Tags: implemented-in::c, role::program, scope::utility Package: b43-fwcutter New: yes State: not installed Version: 1:019-2 Priority: optional Section: contrib/utils Maintainer: Daniel Echeverry Architecture: amd64 Uncompressed Size: 100 k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0 Description: utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware Homepage: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 Tags: implemented-in::c, role::program, scope::utility Package: firmware-atheros New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 1,803 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Description: Binary firmware for Atheros wireless cards Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-b43-installer New: yes State: not installed Version: 1:019-2 Priority: optional Section: contrib/kernel Maintainer: Daniel Echeverry Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 57.3 k Depends: b43-fwcutter (>= 1:019-2), bzip2, wget Breaks: firmware-b43-lpphy-installer (<= 1:015-14) Replaces: firmware-b43-lpphy-installer (<= 1:015-14) Description: firmware installer for the b43 driver Homepage: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 Package: firmware-b43legacy-installer New: yes State: not installed Version: 1:019-2 Priority: optional Section: contrib/kernel Maintainer: Daniel Echeverry Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 56.3 k Depends: b43-fwcutter (>= 1:019-2), wget Description: firmware installer for the b43legacy driver Homepage: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 Package: firmware-bnx2 New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 678 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Description: Binary firmware for Broadcom NetXtremeII Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-bnx2x New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 2,335 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Description: Binary firmware for Broadcom NetXtreme II 10Gb Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-brcm80211 New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 3,630 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Description: Binary firmware for Broadcom 802.11 wireless cards Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-intelwimax New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 4,169 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Description: Binary firmware for Intel WiMAX Connection Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-ipw2x00 New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 1,255 k Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0 PreDepends: debconf | debconf-2.0 Suggests: initramfs-tools Description: Binary firmware for Intel Pro Wireless 2100, 2200 and 2915 Homepage: http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php, http://ipw2200.sourceforg e.net/firmware.php Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-iwlwifi New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 13.6 M Suggests: initramfs-tools Description: Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-libertas New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 5,129 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Breaks: libertas-firmware (< 9.70.7.p0.0-2) Replaces: libertas-firmware Provides: libertas-firmware Description: Binary firmware for Marvell Libertas 8xxx wireless cards Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-linux-nonfree New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 5,128 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Breaks: firmware-ivtv (< 0.38~), firmware-linux (< 0.19) Replaces: firmware-ivtv (< 0.38~), firmware-linux (< 0.19) Description: Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-myricom New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 1,902 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Description: Binary firmware for Myri-10G Ethernet adapters Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-netxen New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 1,897 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Description: Binary firmware for QLogic Intelligent Ethernet (3000 and 3100 Series) Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-qlogic New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 1,108 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Description: Binary firmware for QLogic IBA7220, QLA1xxx, ISP2xxx and SP2x2 Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, hardware::storage, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-ralink New: yes State: not installed Automatically installed: no Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 103 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Provided by: firmware-misc-nonfree Description: Binary firmware for Ralink wireless cards Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Package: firmware-realtek Source: firmware-nonfree Version: 0.43 Installed-Size: 702 Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Suggests: initramfs-tools Description-en: Binary firmware for Realtek wired and wireless network adapters This package contains the binary firmware for some Ethernet adapters with the RTL8111/RTL8168 chips supported by the r8169 driver; and wireless network cards with the RTL8188, RTL8192, RTL8712, RTL8723 and RTL8821 chips supported by the r8192_pci, r8192s_usb, r8712u, rtl8188eu, rtl8192ce, rtl8192cu, rtl8192de, rtl8192se, rtl8723ae, rtl8723au, rtl8723be and rtl8821ae drivers. . Contents: * Realtek RTL8192E boot code (RTL8192E/boot.img) * Realtek RTL8192E init data (RTL8192E/data.img) * Realtek RTL8192E main code (RTL8192E/main.img) * Realtek RTL8192SU firmware, version 902B (RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin) * Realtek RTL8105E-1 firmware (rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw) * Realtek RTL8106E-1 firmware, version 0.0.1 (rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw) * Realtek RTL8106E-2 firmware, version 0.0.1 (rtl_nic/rtl8106e-2.fw) * Realtek RTL8111D-1/RTL8168D-1 firmware (rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw) * Realtek RTL8111D-2/RTL8168D-2 firmware (rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw) * Realtek RTL8168E-1 firmware (rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw) * Realtek RTL8168E-2 firmware (rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw) * Realtek RTL8168E-3 firmware, version 0.0.4 (rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw) * Realtek RTL8168F-1 firmware, version 0.0.5 (rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw) * Realtek RTL8168F-2 firmware, version 0.0.4 (rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw) * Realtek RTL8168G-1 firmware, version 0.0.3 (rtl_nic/rtl8168g-1.fw) * Realtek RTL8168G-2 firmware, version 0.0.1 (rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw) * Realtek RTL8168G-3 firmware, version 0.0.1 (rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw) * Realtek RTL8402-1 firmware, version 0.0.1 (rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw) * Realtek RTL8411-1 firmware, version 0.0.3 (rtl_nic/rtl8411-1.fw) * Realtek RTL8411-2 firmware, version 0.0.1 (rtl_nic/rtl8411-2.fw) * Realtek RTL8188EE firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin) * Realtek RTL8188EU firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin) * Realtek RTL8192CE/RTL8188CE firmware, version 4.816.2011 (rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin) * Realtek RTL8192CE/RTL8188CE B-cut firmware, version 4.816.2011 (rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin) * Realtek RTL8188CE A-cut firmware, version 4.816.2011 (rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin) * Realtek RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU UMC A-cut firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_A.bin) * Realtek RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU UMC B-cut firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_B.bin) * Realtek RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU TMSC firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin) * Realtek RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU fallback firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin) * Realtek RTL8192DE firmware, version 4.816.2011 (rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin) * Realtek RTL8192SE/RTL8191SE firmware, version 4.816.2011 (rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin) * Realtek RTL8192SU/RTL8712U firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin) * Realtek RTL8723AU rev B with-Bluetooth firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8723aufw_B.bin) * Realtek RTL8723AU rev B no-Bluetooth firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8723aufw_B_NoBT.bin) * Realtek RTL8723BE firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin) * Realtek RTL8723AE rev B firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8723fw_B.bin) * Realtek RTL8723AE rev A firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8723fw.bin) * Realtek RTL8821AE firmware (rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin) Description-md5: f92f347059276837a79a85cdc980e04b Multi-Arch: foreign Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Section: non-free/kernel Priority: optional Filename: pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-realtek_0.43_all.deb Size: 207912 MD5sum: 84747f0c9bf44d6aa398ba50da32a029 SHA1: 2a305920af8491434b13c7871561e3207c37c933 SHA256: a1e3cc7da5611a9b349017ebfc9262bead414d2021eb628cc4adc67b484f5e3d Package: firmware-ti-connectivity New: yes State: not installed Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 0.43 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 3,747 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Description: Binary firmware for TI Connectivity wireless network adapters Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Tags: admin::hardware, role::app-data, use::driver Package: firmware-zd1211 New: yes State: not installed Version: 3.0.0.56-3 Priority: optional Section: non-free/kernel Maintainer: Christian Kastner Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 52.2 k Suggests: initramfs-tools Breaks: zd1211-firmware (< 2.21.0.0-2~) Replaces: zd1211-firmware (< 2.21.0.0-2~) Provides: zd1211-firmware Description: binary firmware for the zd1211rw wireless driver Homepage: http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/