Poor wireless performance with RealTek RTL8723BE
I have a laptop with the RealTek RTL8723BE. Performance is poor with long ping times, dropped packets and often on wake the network manager will report 'connected' but nothing with get through, pinging the router will get nothing. Other devices on the network have no problems, Windows running on same system has no problems.
Here is output of various possibly useful things:
$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 28:e3:47:7d:f2:e9
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8723be driverversion=3.13.0-32-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.69.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:18 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7d00000-f7d03fff
$ iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"thebarn"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:23:69:8B:68:D6
Bit Rate=65 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=50/70 Signal level=-60 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:26 Missed beacon:0
$ ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 28:e3:47:7d:f2:e9
inet addr:192.168.69.101 Bcast:192.168.69.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2ae3:47ff:fe7d:f2e9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:30626 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21527 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:35399437 (35.3 MB) TX bytes:3244668 (3.2MB)
When adaptor is saying 'connected' and nothing is going through I try turning adaptor off and back on, then try rebooting with varying success.
So, my question: how do I get this adaptor working reliably like it does under Windows?
wireless networking realtek
asked Oct 29 '14 at 16:58
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I have a laptop with the RealTek RTL8723BE. Performance is poor with long ping times, dropped packets and often on wake the network manager will report 'connected' but nothing with get through, pinging the router will get nothing. Other devices on the network have no problems, Windows running on same system has no problems.
Here is output of various possibly useful things:
$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 28:e3:47:7d:f2:e9
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8723be driverversion=3.13.0-32-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.69.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:18 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7d00000-f7d03fff
$ iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"thebarn"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:23:69:8B:68:D6
Bit Rate=65 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=50/70 Signal level=-60 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:26 Missed beacon:0
$ ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 28:e3:47:7d:f2:e9
inet addr:192.168.69.101 Bcast:192.168.69.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2ae3:47ff:fe7d:f2e9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:30626 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21527 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:35399437 (35.3 MB) TX bytes:3244668 (3.2MB)
When adaptor is saying 'connected' and nothing is going through I try turning adaptor off and back on, then try rebooting with varying success.
So, my question: how do I get this adaptor working reliably like it does under Windows?
wireless networking realtek
asked Oct 29 '14 at 16:58
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I have a laptop with the RealTek RTL8723BE. Performance is poor with long ping times, dropped packets and often on wake the network manager will report 'connected' but nothing with get through, pinging the router will get nothing. Other devices on the network have no problems, Windows running on same system has no problems.
Here is output of various possibly useful things:
$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 28:e3:47:7d:f2:e9
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8723be driverversion=3.13.0-32-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.69.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:18 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7d00000-f7d03fff
$ iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"thebarn"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:23:69:8B:68:D6
Bit Rate=65 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=50/70 Signal level=-60 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:26 Missed beacon:0
$ ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 28:e3:47:7d:f2:e9
inet addr:192.168.69.101 Bcast:192.168.69.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2ae3:47ff:fe7d:f2e9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:30626 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21527 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:35399437 (35.3 MB) TX bytes:3244668 (3.2MB)
When adaptor is saying 'connected' and nothing is going through I try turning adaptor off and back on, then try rebooting with varying success.
So, my question: how do I get this adaptor working reliably like it does under Windows?
wireless networking realtek
asked Oct 29 '14 at 16:58
wjdpwjdp
162412
I have a laptop with the RealTek RTL8723BE. Performance is poor with long ping times, dropped packets and often on wake the network manager will report 'connected' but nothing with get through, pinging the router will get nothing. Other devices on the network have no problems, Windows running on same system has no problems.
Here is output of various possibly useful things:
$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 28:e3:47:7d:f2:e9
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8723be driverversion=3.13.0-32-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.69.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:18 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7d00000-f7d03fff
$ iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"thebarn"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:23:69:8B:68:D6
Bit Rate=65 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=50/70 Signal level=-60 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:26 Missed beacon:0
$ ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 28:e3:47:7d:f2:e9
inet addr:192.168.69.101 Bcast:192.168.69.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2ae3:47ff:fe7d:f2e9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:30626 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21527 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:35399437 (35.3 MB) TX bytes:3244668 (3.2MB)
When adaptor is saying 'connected' and nothing is going through I try turning adaptor off and back on, then try rebooting with varying success.
So, my question: how do I get this adaptor working reliably like it does under Windows?
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Try to channel the wireless channel from 1 to 11 and check the performance
Check the frequency and channel
sudo nm-tool
nm-tool will list all of the visible wifi networks' frequencies.
sudo iwlist frequency
The command sudo iwlist frequency will give you a list of their corresponding wifi channel numbers.
Now change the channel to 11 with the following command
sudo iwconfig wlan0 channel 11
Hope this helps!
answered Oct 29 '14 at 17:21
vembutechvembutech
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The channel is set in the router, not the wireless card.
– chili555
Oct 30 '14 at 13:56
Seems an odd solution, but gave it a go anyway. Got this for the last commandError for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy.Would assume as it's connected to a channel that as mentioned above is set by the router.
– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 13:02
add a comment |
This solution helped me - at least to not to drop the WiFi connection.
echo "options rtl8723be fwlps=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf
The full explanation you can find here 14.04LTS and RTL8723BE WiFi drops - only reboot fixes
answered Nov 2 '14 at 10:34
sugaryourcoffeesugaryourcoffee
1012
I've gotoptions rtl8723be fwlps=0 swlps=0already in there. Found this through the forum thread github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new, worth a shot?
– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 12:58
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Try to channel the wireless channel from 1 to 11 and check the performance
Check the frequency and channel
sudo nm-tool
nm-tool will list all of the visible wifi networks' frequencies.
sudo iwlist frequency
The command sudo iwlist frequency will give you a list of their corresponding wifi channel numbers.
Now change the channel to 11 with the following command
sudo iwconfig wlan0 channel 11
Hope this helps!
answered Oct 29 '14 at 17:21
vembutechvembutech
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The channel is set in the router, not the wireless card.
– chili555
Oct 30 '14 at 13:56
Seems an odd solution, but gave it a go anyway. Got this for the last commandError for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy.Would assume as it's connected to a channel that as mentioned above is set by the router.
– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 13:02
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Try to channel the wireless channel from 1 to 11 and check the performance
Check the frequency and channel
sudo nm-tool
nm-tool will list all of the visible wifi networks' frequencies.
sudo iwlist frequency
The command sudo iwlist frequency will give you a list of their corresponding wifi channel numbers.
Now change the channel to 11 with the following command
sudo iwconfig wlan0 channel 11
Hope this helps!
answered Oct 29 '14 at 17:21
vembutechvembutech
2,664169
The channel is set in the router, not the wireless card.
– chili555
Oct 30 '14 at 13:56
Seems an odd solution, but gave it a go anyway. Got this for the last commandError for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy.Would assume as it's connected to a channel that as mentioned above is set by the router.
– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 13:02
add a comment |
Try to channel the wireless channel from 1 to 11 and check the performance
Check the frequency and channel
sudo nm-tool
nm-tool will list all of the visible wifi networks' frequencies.
sudo iwlist frequency
The command sudo iwlist frequency will give you a list of their corresponding wifi channel numbers.
Now change the channel to 11 with the following command
sudo iwconfig wlan0 channel 11
Hope this helps!
answered Oct 29 '14 at 17:21
vembutechvembutech
2,664169
Try to channel the wireless channel from 1 to 11 and check the performance
Check the frequency and channel
sudo nm-tool
nm-tool will list all of the visible wifi networks' frequencies.
sudo iwlist frequency
The command sudo iwlist frequency will give you a list of their corresponding wifi channel numbers.
Now change the channel to 11 with the following command
sudo iwconfig wlan0 channel 11
Hope this helps!
answered Oct 29 '14 at 17:21
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answered Oct 29 '14 at 17:21
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The channel is set in the router, not the wireless card.
– chili555
Oct 30 '14 at 13:56
Seems an odd solution, but gave it a go anyway. Got this for the last commandError for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy.Would assume as it's connected to a channel that as mentioned above is set by the router.
– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 13:02
add a comment |
The channel is set in the router, not the wireless card.
– chili555
Oct 30 '14 at 13:56
Seems an odd solution, but gave it a go anyway. Got this for the last commandError for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy.Would assume as it's connected to a channel that as mentioned above is set by the router.
– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 13:02
The channel is set in the router, not the wireless card.
– chili555
Oct 30 '14 at 13:56
The channel is set in the router, not the wireless card.
– chili555
Oct 30 '14 at 13:56
Seems an odd solution, but gave it a go anyway. Got this for the last command
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy. Would assume as it's connected to a channel that as mentioned above is set by the router.– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 13:02
Seems an odd solution, but gave it a go anyway. Got this for the last command
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy. Would assume as it's connected to a channel that as mentioned above is set by the router.– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 13:02
add a comment |
This solution helped me - at least to not to drop the WiFi connection.
echo "options rtl8723be fwlps=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf
The full explanation you can find here 14.04LTS and RTL8723BE WiFi drops - only reboot fixes
answered Nov 2 '14 at 10:34
sugaryourcoffeesugaryourcoffee
1012
I've gotoptions rtl8723be fwlps=0 swlps=0already in there. Found this through the forum thread github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new, worth a shot?
– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 12:58
add a comment |
This solution helped me - at least to not to drop the WiFi connection.
echo "options rtl8723be fwlps=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf
The full explanation you can find here 14.04LTS and RTL8723BE WiFi drops - only reboot fixes
answered Nov 2 '14 at 10:34
sugaryourcoffeesugaryourcoffee
1012
I've gotoptions rtl8723be fwlps=0 swlps=0already in there. Found this through the forum thread github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new, worth a shot?
– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 12:58
add a comment |
This solution helped me - at least to not to drop the WiFi connection.
echo "options rtl8723be fwlps=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf
The full explanation you can find here 14.04LTS and RTL8723BE WiFi drops - only reboot fixes
answered Nov 2 '14 at 10:34
sugaryourcoffeesugaryourcoffee
1012
This solution helped me - at least to not to drop the WiFi connection.
echo "options rtl8723be fwlps=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf
The full explanation you can find here 14.04LTS and RTL8723BE WiFi drops - only reboot fixes
answered Nov 2 '14 at 10:34
sugaryourcoffeesugaryourcoffee
1012
answered Nov 2 '14 at 10:34
sugaryourcoffeesugaryourcoffee
1012
answered Nov 2 '14 at 10:34
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1012
answered Nov 2 '14 at 10:34
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1012
1012
I've gotoptions rtl8723be fwlps=0 swlps=0already in there. Found this through the forum thread github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new, worth a shot?
– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 12:58
add a comment |
I've gotoptions rtl8723be fwlps=0 swlps=0already in there. Found this through the forum thread github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new, worth a shot?
– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 12:58
I've got
options rtl8723be fwlps=0 swlps=0 already in there. Found this through the forum thread github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new, worth a shot?– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 12:58
I've got
options rtl8723be fwlps=0 swlps=0 already in there. Found this through the forum thread github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new, worth a shot?– wjdp
Nov 3 '14 at 12:58
add a comment |
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