I also thought you absolutely needed Ethernet in these cases, until I discovered <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cdimage.debian.org&#x2F;cdimage&#x2F;unofficial&#x2F;non-free&#x2F;cd-including-firmware&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cdimage.debian.org&#x2F;cdimage&#x2F;unofficial&#x2F;non-free&#x2F;cd-inc...</a> . Yay Debian!