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Old 01-11-2014, 07:09 AM   #1
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rtl8723ae Network Manager wireless not connecting


Has anybody come across a similar problem?
1- eth0 using network manager working
2- usb dongle as eth1 w/ network manager working
3- can scan all access points
4- can not connect to AP w/ WEP (no chance to test WPA). Attempt dies with error -3 (or sometimes w/ error 3 - no negative sign).
5- I have the realtek's own driver from 6 months before and I know that it used to work w/o a problem.
6- Google search suggests similar complaints pointing to dhcpcd and/or rtl8723ae itself w/ no clear solutions.
7- As per Google some had better luck w/ wicd. Tried but no joy.

I'll go ahead and blacklist the installed rtl8723ae after compiling the realtek's (hopefully) working driver but I would like to have your input first as I'm not in a hurry.

Code:
bash-4.2# lspci | grep Wireless
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter

ifconfig:
wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 20:68:9d:b3:17:f9  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
 
Old 01-11-2014, 10:17 AM   #2
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Well looks like it is working, now you just have to set the connection properly. If it isn't broke why fix it?
By the way did you read this?

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Old 01-11-2014, 07:04 PM   #3
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Well looks like it is working, now you just have to set the connection properly. If it isn't broke why fix it?
It is broken. It does not connect. I can of course go back to a 3.2 kernel + manuf's driver combo but I do not want it.
This list does not mention rtl8723ae.

Meanwhile, the manufacturer's driver failed to compile w/ 3.10.17 kernel despite the patch suggested in another forum (ubuntu). I'll look into it tomorrow with fresh eyes.
 
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Old 01-12-2014, 05:16 AM   #4
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Could you post the output of:
Code:
lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i net
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Old 01-12-2014, 07:24 AM   #5
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Could you post the output of:
Code:
lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i net
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here it is:
Code:
lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i net
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
	Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 0723
	Kernel driver in use: rtl8723ae
--
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fb37
	Kernel driver in use: r8169

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Old 01-12-2014, 07:37 AM   #6
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Quote:
Code:
lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i net
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
	Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 0723
	Kernel driver in use: rtl8723ae
Driver is installed and running, what you just need to do is the figure out how to set up the connection with the AP, Wicd normally works great, you may also need to install some other things like wpasupplicant and wireless-tools. I don't use Slackware and I can't say what is the procedure to install packages.
But the device is for sure working with the proper driver.

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Old 01-12-2014, 11:02 AM   #7
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@ukiuki,
Is it normal for the card (wlan0) always to be in dormant mode?
Code:
bash-4.2# ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 4c:72:b9:e0:f5:f1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DORMANT qlen 1000
    link/ether 20:68:9d:b3:17:f9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 58:2c:80:13:92:63 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
 
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Old 01-12-2014, 02:07 PM   #8
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Yes, here a working wireless device presenting the same status from ip link:
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3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DORMANT qlen 1000
    link/ether 78:e4:00:25:df:e7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Now note one thing, yours say DOWN, it means it isn't connected to an AP, when the wireless device connect it automatically goes UP.

Do you have wpasupplicant, wireless-tools installed and wicd? What about the strenght of the AP signal, have you check that as well ?

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Old 01-13-2014, 06:07 PM   #9
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Do you have wpasupplicant, wireless-tools installed and wicd? What about the strenght of the AP signal, have you check that as well ?
I do, but I'll install them again and take it from there.
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