Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

Dave Horsfall <[email protected]> writes:

> On Sat, 15 Jul 2017, DI Florian Reitmeir wrote:
>
>> > Quoting from Wikipedia: "802.11n can use either the 2.4 GHz 
>> > or the 5 
>> > GHz band"; does that not mean what it seems to say?
>> 
>> this is not wrong, but nearly all adapters support wireless to 
>> the very 
>> old 801.11b for compatibility. so if an adapter support 5ghz, 
>> he will in 
>> 99% also support 802.11a but if he supports 802.11n 5ghz is not 
>> mandatory
>
> Ah, so it *might* support 5GHz... :-(  Thanks.
>
>> you can also post which chipset your notebook uses, but most 
>> devices 
>> only support 2,4ghz
>
> Oops, I forgot; "lsusb" plays its cards close to its chest, but 
> I found 
> this in "dmesg": Atheros AR9565 Rev:1.  After some searching, I 
> see that 
> it doesn't do 5GHz...
>
> Will trade Acer Aspire E-15 for a Debian-compatible laptop if it 
> does 
> 802.11a :-)

Can you not swap the wifi card out for a better one?