Re: How to install wifi firmware with no wired connection

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> On 21 Oct 2026, at 3:53 AM, Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:16 AM Lars Tunkrans <drsnx60@gmail.com> 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.
> 
> Thanks Lars, +1 to add to Handbook, these hints may come handy also in
> other similar situations :-)
> 

I filed a bug for this issue back in May, and even included remediation steps:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=295433

I will have a look at the proposed handbook additions soon

I am curious how close our steps are to each other

Thank you, Lars, for taking this on as well
— 
Devin