Earlier today I installed Linux Mint 18.1 on a laptop equipped with a Realtek rtl8723be Wi-Fi card . Everything was working fine until, after a while, the Wi-Fi disconnected and wouldn't reconnect. I spent several hours trying to fix this problem until I found a solution thanks to Roopansh Bansal , who wrote a small bash script that resolves the issue.
In the same way, delving into the Roopansh solution, I have achieved that there is another solution by executing a single command (which is incorporated in the Roopansh script), so I leave both solutions for everyone to use in case they present this error.
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Solutions to Realtek rtl8723be Wifi Card problems
Solution 1: Using the Roopansh Bansal script
This simple allows us to solve the problem of our Wifi card, it is the solution that worked for me and that has made the card behave stable and without any problem.
To carry out this solution, open a terminal and perform the steps indicated below.
- Clone the official repository of the script
git clone https://github.com/roopansh/rtl8723be_wifi
- Go to the directory where the repository was cloned
cd rtl8723be_wifi
- Execute the following command, to start the installation of the solution.
bash rtl8723be.sh
- Restart your computer and start enjoying the stability of your Realtek rtl8723be card.
Solution 2: With a single command
This solution is faster and simpler; you can find the original source of this solution here . Simply open the terminal and run the following command:
echo "options rtl8723be fwlps=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf
I hope these couple of solutions help you solve the problems you have with your Wifi card. It is worth noting that if you have any other solution to this problem, you can leave it in the comments and we will gladly add it to the article.