Re: How to install wifi firmware with no wired connection
- In reply to: Bjoern A. Zeeb: "Re: How to install wifi firmware with no wired connection"
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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:45:08 UTC
On 10/21/26 12:31 PM, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 2026, Lars Tunkrans wrote: > >> hi >> >> Here is a one-pager documentation that I feel is missing >> from the handbook. >> >> AN often recurring issue in forums and discord is a user with >> a new laptop without wired Ethernet connection. >> >> the problem becomes how to install WIFI-Firmware when you >> cant download anything to the machine. >> >> There may be other ways to solve the issue , but this is >> what I came up with. > > Sorry, I cannot look at the attachments at the moment, but is this still > an issue giving we are shipping the firmware on the install media and > have a dedicated step in the installer these days? > > /bz > The kmod packages is only shipped on the DVD1 media. the "boot-only" and DISC1 media has the WIFI software installed so its possible to setup a WIFI connection using BSDinstaller. If the user is not able to supply all the parameters including the AP connection settings they will not have installed the firmware using the BSDinstaller. Then the laptop is not connected at all when its rebooted after initial install. Ofcourse if the WIFI chip installed is unsupported there is nothing we can do. -- ------------------------- Lars Tunkrans Oracle SPARC/Solaris System Administrator Fujitsu M12 SPARC Specilaist