No Wifi with Realtek RTL8723BE on Ubuntu 16.04

[Sreyan Chakravarty]

I have solved the problem by doing an ant_sel ie. -:

echo "options rtl8723be ant_sel=1"  >  /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf


On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 15:14:48 +0200, philippe dalet wrote:
> >On my computer, I have to compile the source with the new kernel.
> >
> >for rtl8188eu I use this script
>
> So OP tried to compile the module for the used kernel, DKMS was already
> running. The OP can't use your script that much likely will use dkms,
> too, but to build another module.
>
> However, regarding the link posted by the OP, there's no need to build
> a kernel module.
>
> The OP mentioned "a very weak signal".
>
> So if running
>
> echo "options rtl8723be ant_sel=2"  | sudo tee
> /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf
>
> and after that rebooting shouldn't work, perhaps running
>
> echo "options rtl8723be ant_sel=1"  | sudo tee
> /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf
>
> and after that rebooting does solve the issue. The antenna related hint
> from the link the OP posted sounds plausible, given that the OP experiences
> "a very weak signal".
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
>
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