How to Connect MT7601U Wi-Fi from the Linux Console (Debian)
Connecting to Wi-Fi in a modern Linux distribution with a desktop is usually easy: as long as the hardware is supported, it’s just a few clicks.
Connecting to Wi-Fi from the Linux console is a bit harder, but entirely doable.
Here is how I got internet over Wi-Fi with a TP-Link USB Wi-Fi dongle based on the MT7601U chip on Debian. I originally did it on Debian 9; below is the up-to-date version for Debian 12/13.
