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 **Note #1:** **Note #1:**
-If the driver for your wireless nic is not distributed with the linux kernel, then connecting to wifi on GNU/Linux is complex and beyond the scope of this simple guide.+If the driver for your wireless nic is not distributed with the linux kernel, then connecting to wifi on GNU/Linux is complex and beyond the scope of this guide.
    
 **Note #2:** **Note #2:**
-Checking which firmware file(s) your wifi nic needs is relatively easy to if your TCL machine has an internet connection (via ethernet), in which case you should boot into TCL then issue these commands:+To find the name of the extension that provides your wireless nic's firmware, you first need to determine the firmware's exact filename. Boot into your TCL machine then issue these commands:
   $ tce-load -wi wireless-KERNEL bluetooth-KERNEL   $ tce-load -wi wireless-KERNEL bluetooth-KERNEL
   $ dmesg | grep firmware   $ dmesg | grep firmware
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   [  747.236848] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq failed with error -2   [  747.236848] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq failed with error -2
   [  747.239327] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq   [  747.239327] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq
-Some wireless nics require bluetooth drivers and firmware, which is why it is helpful to load //bluetooth-KERNEL// as shown above. In this example, you can see that the wireless nic's firmware file is called //iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode//.+Some wireless nics require bluetooth drivers and firmware, which is why it is helpful to load //bluetooth-KERNEL// as shown above. In this example, you can see that the missing firmware files are //iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode// and //ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq//.
    
-Now that you know the firmware's exact file name, you can find the extension that contains the file by using //provides.sh// like so:+Now that you know the firmware's exact filename(s), you can find the extension(s) you need. If you have a TCL machine with any kind of internet connection, you can use //provides.sh// for this purpose:
   $ provides.sh iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode   $ provides.sh iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode
   firmware-iwlwifi.tcz   firmware-iwlwifi.tcz
 +  $ provides.sh ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq
 +  firmware-intel.tcz
 + 
 +If you don't have a TCL machine with an internet connection, not to worry: On any machine with an internet and web browser you can go to http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/provides.db (adjust the TCL version and architecture in the URL as appropriate), search the page for the filename you need (e.g., //iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode//), then scroll up until you see the extension (.tcz) that supplies it (which would be //firmware-iwlwifi.tcz// in this example).
    
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