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RTL8723BE WiFi Adapter Drivers

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JamesIT
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RTL8723BE WiFi Adapter Drivers

#1 Post by JamesIT »

Hi Guys.

I've been trying for quite a while to get this working as its a brand new Gigabyte laptop (P15v2f) , I have installed firmware-linux & firmware-realtek and this does not resolve the problem. Ive tried removing firmware-realtek and rebooting, this does not work either. My system is fully upto date using apt-get update && apt-get upgrade.

Not sure what I'm missing?

Please see logs below;

Kernel Version; 3.14.13-2 (2014-07-2014)
OS; Debian Testing "Jessie" (Latest Version)

lspci:

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev d5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM86 Express LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 850M] (rev ff)
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
04:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5289 (rev 01)
04:00.2 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0a)
dmesg:

http://pastebin.com/pkDKRF6B

lspci -n | grep 3:00.0:

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3:00.0 0280: 10ec:b723

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Re: RTL8723BE WiFi Adapter Drivers

#2 Post by hkoster1 »

You'll have to wait for kernel >= 3.15, see also http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/302776.

You could also try to compile your own rtl8237be.ko module, but that would require some more googling...
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Re: RTL8723BE WiFi Adapter Drivers

#3 Post by cjen1987 »

Fix is updating to 3.16, no drops or disconnections.

Go here:

https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php? ... #post37193

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Re: RTL8723BE WiFi Adapter Drivers

#4 Post by stevepusser »

Or instead of a kernel compiled on an Ubuntu system, there's the MEPIS CR versions of the Liquorix 3.16 kernel, which was compiled against a Wheezy base. http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testr ... -liquorix/

Note that both kernel images and headers also have matching metapackages which have i686 or amd64 as part of the package name. They are optional, they handle automatic upgrades if you have the repo enabled, such as from kernel 3.15 to 3.16.

You should also install the firmware-realtek deb from sid, get it from packages.debian.com.

Whatever kernel you install, keep the original Debian one as a backup, at least until you think the new one is stable.
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