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<sect2 id="network-cards">
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<title>Network Connectivity Hardware</title>
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<phrase arch="x86">This includes most PCI and PCMCIA cards.</phrase>
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<phrase arch="i386">Many older ISA cards are supported as well.</phrase>
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<phrase arch="m68k">Again, see <ulink url="&url-m68k-faq;"></ulink>
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for complete details.</phrase>
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</para><para arch="sparc">
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This includes a lot of generic PCI cards (for systems that have PCI) and
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Wireless networking is in general supported as well and a growing number of
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wireless adapters is supported by the official Linux kernel, although many
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of them do require firmware to be loaded.
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wireless adapters are supported by the official Linux kernel, although many
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of them do require firmware to be loaded. If firmware is needed, the installer
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will prompt you to load firmware. See <xref linkend="loading-firmware"/>
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for detailed information on how to load firmware during the installation.
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Wireless NICs that are not supported by the official Linux kernel can generally
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be made to work under &debian;, but are not supported during the installation.
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The use of wireless networking during installation is still under development
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and whether it will work depends on the type of adaptor and the configuration
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of your wireless access point.
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If there is no other NIC you can use during the installation, it is still
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Support for encrypted wireless during installation is currently limited to WEP.
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If your access point uses stronger encryption, it cannot be used during the
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installation process.
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If there is a problem with wireless and there
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is no other NIC you can use during the installation, it is still
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possible to install &debian; using a full CD-ROM or DVD image. Select the
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option to not configure a network and install using only the packages
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available from the CD/DVD. You can then install the driver and firmware you