Compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.bz2 Download -

If the above fails, search for the filename on archive.org or legacy package repositories. Verify the tarball’s integrity using a known SHA1 or MD5 checksum if available from a trusted source.

tar -tjf compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.bz2 | head -10 md5sum compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.bz2 A valid tarball will extract a directory named compat-wireless-3.6.8-1/ containing Makefile , compat/ , drivers/ , etc. compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.bz2 download

For any current system (kernel 4.x+), use the modern backports package instead: If the above fails, search for the filename on archive

After downloading, verify the tarball integrity (example – checksums vary by source): For any current system (kernel 4

The file compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.bz2 is a legacy tarball from the compat-wireless project (later renamed to backports ). It provides a set of wireless drivers and subsystems that allow newer Linux wireless drivers to be compiled and used on older kernel versions.

wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v3.6.8/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.bz2 Note: Older releases may have been moved to the older/ directory on kernel.org.