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Wifi Setup on a HP Laptop running TinyCore 11.1 (64 bit)

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RYTCL:
I need help in setup / configuration of WiFi on my HP Laptop

Here is the list of Extensions that are loaded at BOOT time

SDA9:/tce/onboot.lst
  jwm-full.tcz
  Xorg-7.7.tcz
  rxvt.tcz
  wbar.tcz
  xf86-input-synaptics.tcz
  firefox-ESR.tcz
  wifi.tcz

WiFi ICON shows up.  Clicking, brings up a blank window & dies after a min or so.

Any WiFi SETUP Guide, I could follow

RYTCL:
I have tried adding the following WiFi firmware extensions 1 at a time, rebooting every time.

WiFi FirmWare

* firmware-iwlwifi.tcz

* firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz

* firmware-rtlwifi.tcz

Ran Command : "sudo wifi.sh"  for each firmware after bootup.
System Response : "
--- Code: ---No WiFi devices detected"
--- End code ---

tinycorelinux:
Note that firmware-*.tcz needs to be loaded before wifi.tcz can be loaded.

Edit your onboot.lst

--- Code: ---jwm-full.tcz
Xorg-7.7.tcz
rxvt.tcz
wbar.tcz
xf86-input-synaptics.tcz
firefox-ESR.tcz
...
firmware-iwlwifi.tcz
firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz
firmware-rtlwifi.tcz
wifi.tcz
...

--- End code ---
Reboot your machine and try again later.

If wifi still doesn't work, try the following:

Execute the following code on your terminal

--- Code: ---tce-load -wil firmware-iwlwifi
tce-load -wil firmware-ralinkwifi
tce-load -wil firmware-rtlwifi
tce-load -wil wifi
tce-load -wil wpa_supplicant-dbus
tce-load -wil libnl
tce-load -wil dbus
tce-load -wil expat2
tce-load -wil elogind
tce-load -wil acl
tce-load -wil attr
tce-load -wil libcap
tce-load -wil openssl-1.1.1
tce-load -wil readline
tce-load -wil ncursesw
tce-load -wil wireless_tools
tce-load -wil wireless-5.4.3-tinycore64
tce-load -wil libiw

--- End code ---
First remove wifi and firmware-* from your onboot.lst, then reboot your machine and execute the following code

--- Code: ---tce-load -i firmware-iwlwifi wifi
tce-load -i firmware-ralinkwifi
tce-load -i firmware-rtlwifi
sudo wifi.sh

--- End code ---

Juanito:
You don't mention what wifi hardware you have.

Most, if not all, wifi hardware will try to load firmware under linux - if the hardware does not find the correct firmware, it will not work.

You can find which firmware your hardware is trying to load by looking at dmesg - you should see something analogous to this:
--- Code: ---$ dmesg | tail -10
...
cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
Copyright(c) 2003- 2015 Intel Corporation
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode failed with error -2
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 17.459231.0 op_mode iwlmvm
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7260, REV=0x144
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: base HW address: a0:a8:cd:2c:3e:13
--- End code ---
..where, in this example, the firmware is iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode.

Once you know which firmware extension you need, it must be loaded before the wifi extension.

tinycorelinux:

--- Quote from: Juanito on November 25, 2020, 04:23:57 AM ---..where, in this example, the firmware is iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode.

--- End quote ---
I wonder if firmware and driver are the same concept on Linux? Is all the files under firmware-*.tcz  necessary for every computer, or is it just a file that suits firmware?

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