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Wireless Not Connecting/Dropping Connection

rated 0 times [ 0] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 2105 / 3 Years ago, mon, may 17, 2021, 11:52:47

I've searched around and nothing seems to be up to date.

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows 7 on a Toshiba Satellite S50.

My WiFi detects the network, but keeps asking for a password and saying "You have been disconnected". My WiFi device is a RealTek RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter, for which none of the drivers I've downloaded have been able to compile on the newer kernel.

I tried plugging in a cheap USB WiFi dongle, and I was able to connect, however my connection seemed to drop out every few minutes and not come back until I reseated the WiFi dongle.

Any help is appreciated.

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answered 3 Years ago ionash · Accepted Answer

Thanks to praseodym over at ubuntu forums.

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-generic linux-headers-$(uname -r)     

build-essential dkms git

git clone https://github.com/FreedomBen/rtl8188ce-linux-driver

cd rtl8188ce-linux-driver

make

sudo make install

sudo cp -r firmware/* /lib/firmware

echo "options rtl8188ee ips=0 fwlps=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8188ee.conf

fixed the problem for me. Seems this person's repo had a branch updated for compiling on 14.04 and I was able to compile the firmware correctly this time.

Note: Had to run make twice as it ran into a directory not found problem for a directory it was creating.

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2219952