Wi-Fi device firmware

Hello All, Thanks to not having ADSL, but a mobile broadband modem instead, it has wi-fi connectivity, I have yet to get the optional cradle I would like for wired ethernet connectivity. I have a USB wi-fi device from AusPi which comes up as the following from sudo lsusb: Bus 001 Device 006: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter My question is whether I can get the Debian 7 package and unpack for the firmware, then use that on a Debian 9 system. The reason is that the Debian 7 is a laptop with built in wi-fi, whereas the Debian 9 is a desktop that currently does not have net access, until I can implement wi-fi, or get the cradle for the mobile modem. I am not averse to networking the two computers, but the laptop is using Network Manager to get the wi-fi connection, and Network Manager prioritises the wired connection for the external network connection and assumes that the wi-fi is a local network. Yes, I can set the wired ethernet as unmanaged and set manually, but that too has issues, along with current desk space to run both computers. Regards, Mark Trickett

Hi Mark. Maybe this is what you are looking for? https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800usb Uses the "firmware-misc-nonfree" package from the "non-free" repositories. Regards, Morrie. -----Original Message----- From: luv-main [mailto:luv-main-bounces@luv.asn.au] On Behalf Of Mark Trickett via luv-main Sent: Friday, 1 December 2017 5:35 PM To: Luv Main Subject: Wi-Fi device firmware Hello All, Thanks to not having ADSL, but a mobile broadband modem instead, it has wi-fi connectivity, I have yet to get the optional cradle I would like for wired ethernet connectivity. I have a USB wi-fi device from AusPi which comes up as the following from sudo lsusb: Bus 001 Device 006: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter My question is whether I can get the Debian 7 package and unpack for the firmware, then use that on a Debian 9 system. The reason is that the Debian 7 is a laptop with built in wi-fi, whereas the Debian 9 is a desktop that currently does not have net access, until I can implement wi-fi, or get the cradle for the mobile modem. I am not averse to networking the two computers, but the laptop is using Network Manager to get the wi-fi connection, and Network Manager prioritises the wired connection for the external network connection and assumes that the wi-fi is a local network. Yes, I can set the wired ethernet as unmanaged and set manually, but that too has issues, along with current desk space to run both computers. Regards, Mark Trickett _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list luv-main@luv.asn.au https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
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