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Installing Wifi Drivers on Intel NUC

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Installing Wifi Drivers on Intel NUC

#1 Post by nesti »

Hi,
I installed Debian 10.2.0 XFCE on my Intel Nuc but I can't see a Wifi Card / Connection. After googling a bit I found this support page from Intel. As I have a NUC8i5 I found out that my card is a "Intel® Wireless-AC 9560". I downloaded the specific driver on my USB and I'm gonna try to get it running this evening when I get home.

My problem is that the file is a .tgz. I am a bloody noob when it comes to Linux and I'm still in a big learning process. The page says that I need to copy the files into "/lib/firmware" (or if the directory doesn't work, refer to your distribution documentation). Is it enough to just extract the file into that directory or do I have to install them?

thanks for the help.

nesti

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Re: Installing Wifi Drivers on Intel NUC

#2 Post by fred44nl »

What you need is the firmware file for the adapter.
In Debian 10, you'll first need to enable the non-free part of Debian repository if you didn't enable it when installing Debian in the first place.

then install the firmware-iwlwifi package using your favorite package management utility, then reboot and the driver should be auto-loaded and ready for use.

what does your /etc/apt/sources.list look like ??

it should be something like this:
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
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Re: Installing Wifi Drivers on Intel NUC

#3 Post by nesti »

Hi,
I'll check my sources.list this evening.
In a Youtube Video about the Intel drivers I saw that I should add contrib non-free to ever line. (if it's not there)

thanks alot for your answer.

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Re: Installing Wifi Drivers on Intel NUC

#4 Post by nesti »

I just saw that there is a Live + non Free Image.
debian-live-10.2.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso

I guess this will fix the problem without manually installing the drivers.

I will check this out this evening on the live boot, if it works there it should work on the installation too.

thanks alot for the help

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Re: Installing Wifi Drivers on Intel NUC

#5 Post by stevepusser »

It's a lot less trouble just to download the deb file directly from this page (read the whole page), then install it from a terminal as root or with sudo:

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dpkg -i <name-of-the-deb-file-here>
IDK about GNOME, but most other DEs I use let you drag and drop the deb file into the terminal to let you avoid typing out its name and possible typos, or there's also tab-complete (hit the Tab key to autocomplete long file names)
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Re: Installing Wifi Drivers on Intel NUC

#6 Post by nesti »

Hi thx for the help.
I saw this package to but the model wasn't listed so I thought to search for the good one.
I reinstalled debian now with the non Free Live iso.
Works perfectly now.

thnaks alot for the help and the tips

nesti

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