I installed VyOS Rolling version on a ProtectLI FW6B and it works great! I installed an Intel 7260.MWG.R wireless AC card but VyOS does not see it. A live CD for Debian 9 does see the card correctly. After some research, it looks like the linux kernel version is the issue. Will VyOS be updated to support newer wifi cards? Can I manually install the wifi driver?
uname -r on debian 9 shows 4.09.0-8-amd64
uname -r on VyOS shows 3.13.11-1amd64-vyos
In my post above, I already downloaded that file using wget, copied it to /lib/firmware and rebooted. However, I still have no wifi interface. Am I missing a step?
I think I was using the wrong url for wget. When I select iwlwifi-3160-17.ucode it opens another page with another link called plain. This link provides a 1.2MB file. I was downloading the iwlwifi-3160-17.ucode page instead of the plain text file.
I tried to post my steps but it will not allow me to post links anymore.
Update to 1.2.0-rc3
add system image URL
Download driver.
Use the firmware link provided by C-po
right click the [plain] hyperlink and copy the link address
wget URL
sudo cp iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode /lib/firmware
reboot