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Wi-Fi "TL-WN725N" Does not work after Windows reboot

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Wi-Fi "TL-WN725N" Does not work after Windows reboot

#1 Post by Il_Briga »

Hi to everyone,

i'm writing here in seeking of support. My desktop PC. which it runs Debian 11 with Openbox environment, uses a "TL-WN725N V3" Wi-Fi adapter. Here the following issues that i occasionally get:

1) After Windows 11 reboot (i actually have a double partitioned disk) Wi-Fi does not work at all. I have to physically remove and insert the device in order to restart the connectivity (and not always it works);

2) Sometimes the adapter is not able to connect at all (even if i did not use Windows in the previous session), or the performances are very weak (in this case the best solution is to reboot Linux or try to remove and re-insert physically the device more than once).

I installed the module following both the steps shown in this guide: https://github.com/ivanovborislav/rtl8188eu. Indeed the module seems to be effectively used by the system:

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famiglia@debian:~$ lsmod | grep '8188'
8188eu                811008  0
usbcore               331776  4 xhci_hcd,usbhid,8188eu,xhci_pci

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famiglia@debian:~$ locate 8188eu.ko
/home/famiglia/bin/rtl8188eu/.8188eu.ko.cmd
/home/famiglia/bin/rtl8188eu/8188eu.ko
/usr/lib/modules/5.10.0-16-amd64/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/r8188eu.ko
/usr/lib/modules/5.10.0-19-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/8188eu.ko
/usr/lib/modules/5.10.0-19-amd64/kernel/drivers/staging/r8188eu/8188eu.ko
/usr/lib/modules/5.10.0-19-amd64/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/r8188eu.ko
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8188eu/5.13.3/5.10.0-19-amd64/x86_64/module/8188eu.ko
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8188eu/original_module/5.10.0-19-amd64/x86_64/8188eu.ko
I also disable "Fast-boot" option in Windows. But nothing happens.

I also asked for help in the official Italian community: https://forum.debianizzati.org/viewtopic.php?t=56820. But, unfortunately, did not receive a proper solution. You can easily translate the page, i suppose, to find out what actions i have already undertaken. And more information as well.

Can you give me a hand, please?

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Re: Wi-Fi "TL-WN725N" Does not work after Windows reboot

#2 Post by only_someone »

Il_Briga wrote: 2023-02-05 12:25
1) After Windows 11 reboot (i actually have a double partitioned disk) Wi-Fi does not work at all. I have to physically remove and insert the device in order to restart the connectivity (and not always it works);
I tried to translate the page but the results were strange in some areas, at least for my language, so I apologize if I suggest something that has already been suggested.

I do not know if it helps in this case but there is the possibility to reset usb devices, for this I have not yet found a simple solution but there are small programs for it. for this I found this post [1] from another forum.

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[1] https://askubuntu.com/questions/645/how ... mmand-line

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Re: Wi-Fi "TL-WN725N" Does not work after Windows reboot

#3 Post by sunrat »

Do you have the package firmware-realtek installed?
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Re: Wi-Fi "TL-WN725N" Does not work after Windows reboot

#4 Post by Il_Briga »

Hi ti everyone,

I thank you for your answers. I would like to try the reset option as "last chance" actually. Because i suppose it's the trickiest solution!

By the way the firmware-realtek package is installed in the system:

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root@debian:/home/famiglia# apt-get install firmware-realtek
Lettura elenco dei pacchetti... Fatto
Generazione albero delle dipendenze... Fatto
Lettura informazioni sullo stato... Fatto   
firmware-realtek è già alla versione più recente (20210315-3).
0 aggiornati, 0 installati, 0 da rimuovere e 2 non aggiornati.
In addition to this i post here also the device's configuration file:

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root@debian:/home/famiglia# cat /etc/modprobe.d/8188eu.conf 
options 8188eu rtw_ips_mode=0 rtw_drv_log_level=4 rtw_power_mgnt=0 rtw_led_ctrl=1
Thank you a lot for your help!

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