RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter Issues -- Information+Fix

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This is for information. (mods, if in wrong place, you can move it)


I was having an issue with 2X RTL8723BE WiFi devices,
Intermittent loss of connections/slowness after a few hours after boot. (they where cheap @ $7.00/£5.00)
Device info:

Code:

dave@jetway0:~$ lspci | grep 8723
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter

After research it appears it was added in Kernel 3.16, given I have 3.13 and is working fine, I looked for an alternative.
I found the following in a number of references, and after 5.0 days no more drop-outs or slowness occured.



First Install Driver:

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential git
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git
cd rtlwifi_new
make
sudo make install
reboot

Then:

Code:

gksu leafpad /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf

and then add:

Code:

#To "disable" certain power saving features which can cause dropouts
options rtl8723be fwlps=0 ips=0

Important reminder, If you update kernel to less <3.16 , you will need to re-compile.

Code:

cd rtlwifi_new
make clean
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rtl8723be

"NOTE: This code will build on any kernel 3.0 and newer. It includes the following drivers"
rtl8192ce, rtl8192se, rtl8192de, rtl8188ee, rtl8192ee, rtl8723ae, rtl8723be, and rtl8821ae