[jlgaddis]

> A tip for first-timers: perform the installation with an Ethernet internet connection.

Yes, it's much easier that way.

Then, once the firmware for your wireless card is installed, configure your wired and wireless interfaces as a failover trunk (if you switch back and forth between them very often). This way, your IP address doesn't change when you {dis}connect your Ethernet cable. Obviously, everyone has different needs but this works out great for me (I plug in when at my desk and use wireless the rest of the time).

[zmyrgel]

Only use failover trunk if your wireless network and wired connections share same subnet. Otherwise it work that well. Like once you connect the ethernet cable you lose network connectivity as trunk won't renew your address.

Seems the currently recommended method is to just run dhclient on both wireless and wired interfaces and let the routing table to decide which to use.

[jlgaddis]

I haven't encountered that issue as I only use that laptop at home (same subnet) but that's a very good point, thanks.