> My network card doesn't work well with 802.11N in some configurations, but > is rock solid under 802.11G. > Did you ever figure out which chipset you have? Once you get a terminal > open, run this command > > lspci -v | grep -i net -A 8 I just went through this excercise, so I'll post my 2 cents. I have no idea if this is relevant, but it may be helpful. I have a new-ish Core i3 laptop with a Realtek wired connection and a Ralink wireless card. I couldn't get the wireless working in Debian Wheezy. I installed Wheezy from a jigdo ISO so I knew it was the latest kernel, etc. I finally fixed the issue this morning. Steps I took: Connected via wired connection Added contrib and non-free to my sources.list (required files are non-free binaries) apt-get update apt-get install firmware-ralink apt-get install firmware-realtek I don't know if it was required, but I went to /lib/firmware and set all the files to permission 664. I read a blog post about someone who had an issue because the files weren't the correct permissions. I figured it couldn't hurt. Those commands re-write the initrd, so I figured it was best to reboot. After a reboot, with wired connection unplugged, I was able to connect to wireless. Brian