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throgh [But Hyperbola is a "systemd-free Arch GNU/Linux", isn't it?] 		en:project:faq [2026/04/12 06:13] (current)
jacobk [Why has my Wi-Fi card stopped working?] Replace "https://wikidevi.com/wiki/" with "https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/" - wikidevi.com seems to be permanently down. I'm not sure about the quality of wikidevi.wi-cat.ru, but I did find a page that suggests it's a
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 It's common for Wi-Fi cards to require a firmware to be loaded into the card. Many cards do not work at all if the firmware is missing. The firmware is often <color #B90B0B/#FFDDDD>proprietary</color>, thus we don't distribute it. This is the case for many internal Wi-Fi cards. It's common for Wi-Fi cards to require a firmware to be loaded into the card. Many cards do not work at all if the firmware is missing. The firmware is often <color #B90B0B/#FFDDDD>proprietary</color>, thus we don't distribute it. This is the case for many internal Wi-Fi cards.
  
-The usual fix to the problem is either to replace the card or use an external USB Wi-Fi dongle. You can buy one with Atheros chipset (eg. [[https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Ath9k_htc#Supported_.28probably.29_devices|ath9k_htc]] as an external USB dongle or [[https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Ath9k#Supported_.28probably.29_devices|ath9k]] for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_PCI|PCI]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express|PCI-Express]] expansion slots). Another is the RTL818x chipset (eg. [[https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Rtl8187#Supported_.28probably.29_devices|rtl8187]] as an external USB dongle or [[https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Rtl818x_pci#Supported_.28probably.29_devices|rtl818x_pci]] for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_PCI|PCI]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express|PCI-Express]] expansion slots). Both of these Wi-Fi adapters have fully free free firmware. You can also search the [[https://h-node.org/|h-node]] database to find Wi-Fi adapters known to work well with free software or [[http://www.fsfla.org/svn/fsfla/software/linux-libre/scripts/|scripts/deblob-$ver]] to check Wi-Fi adapters are included in the Linux-libre device blacklist.+The usual fix to the problem is either to replace the card or use an external USB Wi-Fi dongle. You can buy one with Atheros chipset (eg. [[https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/Ath9k_htc#Supported_.28probably.29_devices|ath9k_htc]] as an external USB dongle or [[https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/Ath9k#Supported_.28probably.29_devices|ath9k]] for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_PCI|PCI]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express|PCI-Express]] expansion slots). Another is the RTL818x chipset (eg. [[https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/Rtl8187#Supported_.28probably.29_devices|rtl8187]] as an external USB dongle or [[https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/Rtl818x_pci#Supported_.28probably.29_devices|rtl818x_pci]] for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_PCI|PCI]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express|PCI-Express]] expansion slots). Both of these Wi-Fi adapters have fully free free firmware. You can also search the [[https://h-node.org/|h-node]] database to find Wi-Fi adapters known to work well with free software or [[http://www.fsfla.org/svn/fsfla/software/linux-libre/scripts/|scripts/deblob-$ver]] to check Wi-Fi adapters are included in the Linux-libre device blacklist.
  
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