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 **Note #2:** **Note #2:**
-To find the name of the extension that contains your wireless nic's firmware, you first need to determine the exact name of the firmware file. Boot into your TCL machine 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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   firmware-intel.tcz   firmware-intel.tcz
    
-If you don't have any TCL machine with an internet connection, not to worry: On any machine with a 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).+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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