rtL8723BE & RTL8101E/RTL8102E is not works stably

magedon · 2015-04-03 12:51:19

Hi all,
I have laptop HP Pavilion 17 with next network devices

02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
DeviceName: Realtek Skyray 802.11b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth Combo Adapter
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2231
Kernel driver in use: rtl8723be
Kernel modules: rtl8723be
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07)
DeviceName: Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 22c8
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

And that both devices has problems with connection.
I read Wiki and made file /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf

options rtl8723be fwlps=0

It is not helped.

Sometime I can work hour or two, but sometime I have disconnect each 3-5 minutes.
M$ Windows didn't had any problems with that laptop.

Help me, please.

MisterChoc · 2015-04-16 21:57:48

I'm in the same case, see my thread... https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=195760
Though now I tried to add swlps=0 but idk if that will work... Wait and see
If that doesn't work I guess I'll try to compile this https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new … /rtl8723be

Last edited by MisterChoc (2015-04-16 22:01:52)

magedon · 2015-04-18 17:27:54

Thank you, MisterChoc.
I tried to use swlps=0, but I still have disconnects.
I git cloned rtlwifi_new but I can't to build it:

magedon@centurion ~/projects/rtlwifi_new (git)-[master] % make
make -C /lib/modules/3.19.3-3-ARCH/build M=/home/magedon/projects/rtlwifi_new modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.19.3-3-ARCH/build'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'modules'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.19.3-3-ARCH/build'
Makefile:53: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

I don't understand what need to build it.

magedon · 2015-04-18 17:45:07

Oh, I forgot to install a linux-headers package.
Successfully builded and installed.
I try to use a new module.
I will report a result here.

beta990 · 2015-04-18 19:58:56

Known issue unfortunately, hope the Linux 4.1 kernel fixes these issues.

magedon · 2015-04-22 13:45:46

Thank you, guys.
After deploy a rtlwifi_new I forgot disconnects.

But what about wired connection? RTL8101E/RTL8102E
After disconnect of wired device the connection does not restored.
Restart NetworkManager doesn't helps to.
Only reconnect of wire helps.

MisterChoc · 2015-04-26 12:39:51

So you still get this issue when using rtlwifi_new madegon?

MisterChoc · 2015-05-17 17:37:21

Hope nobody will blame me for "bumping" this thread but this is till an issue for me with kernel 4.1 and yet I didn't find any solution

BasioMeusPuga · 2015-05-29 03:37:24

I've tried the mentioned solutions: The rtlwifi_new drivers (Apparently there's a dkms package in the AUR? - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtlwifi_new-dkms/), and the powersaving features. It's still *barely* functional in Linux.
Do I have an alternative to buying a USB dongle / waiting for some miracle in the next kernel?

Also, I have an older laptop with an Intel wifi card lying around. It it within the realm of possibility to just open that and my new laptop up (an HP-ab032tx) and exchange the cards?

P.s. I apologize if this looks like a necrobump.

magedon · 2015-06-05 19:30:25

MisterChoc wrote:

So you still get this issue when using rtlwifi_new madegon?

I'm sorry, MisterChoc.

After build module from rtlwifi_new I don't have problems with wifi connection.

But I have problem with wired connection (RTL8101E/RTL8102E).
This problem I still not resolve.

agm28011997 · 2015-06-06 12:30:53

Hello, I have problems with my wife card in the hd pavilion, it's the model with amd, exactly one apu model a10-5675M
And like the mate before I can work for hours without errors or it can have disconnections every minuto, I didn't see problems in wired connections but it doesn't nothing for me because I prefer WiFi because the hp have good velocities with it, when not crash, how you repaired your wife card in hp? Thanks for the help before

magedon · 2015-06-07 14:21:10

Hi agm28011997
I did next:

made a file /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf:
```
options rtl8723be fwlps=0 swlps=0
```
installed linux-headers package
downloaded https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new … master.zip
unzipped and made sudo make install

After rebooting I forgot wifi disconnects.

Note: After each kernel update you need rebuild and reinstall rtlwifi_new.

agm28011997 · 2015-06-07 20:35:05

magedon wrote:

Hi agm28011997
I did next:
made a file /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf:
options rtl8723be fwlps=0 swlps=0
installed linux-headers package
downloaded https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new … master.zip
unzipped and made sudo make install
After rebooting I forgot wifi disconnects.
Note: After each kernel update you need rebuild and reinstall rtlwifi_new.

hello, i have done other thing for me much less complicted and more useful because you don't have to repet the rebuild
I installed Rtlnew_wifi from aur and after the build which is automatic you need to blacklist the oldest module and activate the module_dkms, at the moment i hadn't any problem with wifi but my bluetooth hardware didn't function with any distribution, in addition in windows didn't funcion anyway, I think is problem of hardware hp.

agm28011997 · 2016-08-17 09:27:54

sorry for being too late but with the 4.7 kernel i am having problems with bluetooth while with rtlwifi_new in aur i haven't any type of problem with bluetooth or wifi, do you have problems like not to discover any bluetooth device or not to pair with these devices??

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