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<sect1 id="network-cards">
<title>Network Connectivity Hardware</title>
<para>
Almost any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel
should also be supported by the installation system; modular drivers
should normally be loaded automatically.
<phrase arch="x86">This includes most PCI and PCMCIA cards.</phrase>
<phrase arch="i386">Many older ISA cards are supported as well.</phrase>
<phrase arch="m68k">Again, see <ulink url="&url-m68k-faq;"></ulink>
for complete details.</phrase>
</para><para arch="sparc">
This includes a lot of generic PCI cards (for systems that have PCI) and
the following NICs from Sun:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Sun LANCE
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Sun Happy Meal
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Sun BigMAC
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Sun QuadEthernet
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para><para arch="s390">
The list of supported network devices is:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Channel to Channel (CTC) and ESCON connection (real or emulated)
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
OSA-2 Token Ring/Ethernet and OSA-Express Fast Ethernet (non-QDIO)
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Inter-User Communication Vehicle (IUCV) — available for VM guests only
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
OSA-Express in QDIO mode, HiperSockets and Guest-LANs
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para arch="arm">
The following network interface cards are supported directly by the
installation images for Netwinder and CATS machines:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
PCI-based NE2000
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
DECchip Tulip
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para><para arch="arm">
The following network interface cards are supported directly by the
installation images for RiscPCs:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Ether1
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Ether3
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
EtherH
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para><para arch="arm">
If your card is mentioned in the lists above, the complete installation
can be carried out from the network with no need for CD-ROMs or floppy
disks.
</para><para arch="arm">
Any other network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should
also be supported by the boot disks. You may need to load your network
driver as a module; this means that you will have to install the operating
system kernel and modules using some other media.
</para><para arch="x86">
As for ISDN, the D-channel protocol for the (old) German 1TR6 is not
supported; Spellcaster BRI ISDN boards are also not supported by the
&d-i;. Using ISDN during the installation is not supported.
</para>
<sect2 arch="not-s390" id="nics-firmware">
<title>Drivers Requiring Firmware</title>
<para>
The installation system currently does not support retrieving firmware.
This means that any network cards that use a driver that requires firmware
to be loaded, is not supported by default.
</para><para>
If there is no other NIC you can use during the installation, it is still
possible to install &debian; using a full CD-ROM or DVD image. Select the
option to not configure a network and install using only the packages
available from the CD/DVD. You can then install the driver and firmware you
need after the installation is completed (after the reboot) and configure
your network manually. Note that the firmware may be packaged separately
from the driver and may not be available in the <quote>main</quote> section
of the &debian; archive.
</para><para>
If the driver itself <emphasis>is</emphasis> supported, you may also be
able to use the NIC during installation by copying the firmware from some
medium to <filename>/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware</filename>. Don't forget to
also copy the firmware to that location for the installed system before
the reboot at the end of the installation.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 condition="supports-wireless" id="nics-wireless">
<title>Wireless Network Cards</title>
<para>
Wireless NICs are in general supported as well, with one big proviso.
A lot of wireless adapters require drivers that are either non-free or have
not been accepted into the official Linux kernel. These NICs can generally
be made to work under &debian;, but are not supported during the installation.
</para><para>
If there is no other NIC you can use during the installation, it is still
possible to install &debian; using a full CD-ROM or DVD image. Use the same
procedure as described above for NICs that require firmware.
</para><para>
In some cases the driver you need may not be available as a Debian package.
You will then have to look if there is source code available in the internet
and compile the driver yourself. How to do this is outside the scope of this
manual.
<phrase arch="x86">If no Linux driver is available, your last resort is to
use the <classname>ndiswrapper</classname> package, which allows you to use
a Windows driver.</phrase>
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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