Hi. I have got a 100Mbps network connection at my home. However, the internet on my laptop (running Zorin 16) disconnects often. Also, my router is a bit old too and my laptop is Lenovo Z50-70 20354 model. How do I know which is causing the problem? The WiFi chip on my laptop or my WiFi router itself? How do I find the odd one here?
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try to follow the below website. that may can solve your problem
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according to the above website
Step 1 : Open Terminal using Ctrl+Alt+T.
Step 2 : Update system packages using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
Step 3 : Install the required packages using the following command.
sudo apt install git build-essential dkms
Step 4 : Clone the Realtek RTL8821CE Driver using the following command.
git clone GitHub - tomaspinho/rtl8821ce
Step 5 : Move to the repository directory using the following command.
cd rtl8821ce
Step 6: Use the following command to make the script of dkms-installation executable.
chmod +x dkms-install.sh
Step 7 : Make the dkms-remove script executable.
chmod +x dkms-remove.sh
Step 8 : Execute the installation script using the below-mentioned command.
sudo ./dkms-install.sh
After doing these steps restart your PC, and now you can see that the wireless network option is available.
But my WiFi chip model is RTL8723BE.
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Michel
22 December 2021 10:27
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Please post the output from lspci
to make sure. You can write that in the terminal.
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Michel
22 December 2021 10:32
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ThDevloper:
Okay. Please wait
To late . Open up the terminal and write
sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf <<< "options rtl8723be ant_sel=1"
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Yes, I did. Now the internet won't disconnect?
Michel
22 December 2021 10:48
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I bet you tell us if that happens
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Looks like it's working. No WiFi disconnect until now. I'll let you know if it happens again.
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Michel
22 December 2021 12:41
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I don't think it will disconnect. Ubuntu 20.04 removed that part for your wifi card, we readded it.
If this fixed the issue, please mark the post that solved it.
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Oh. All right. I will mark the fix as the solution now. Thank you for your assistance.
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By the way, for now, I see that it's not disconnecting but I see lesser speeds on speed tests. I get around 10-15Mbps even if my ISP offers 100Mbps. Before changing the antenna config I used to get around 52Mbps (both up and down).
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Michel
22 December 2021 13:16
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You can try to switch the antenna mode from 1 to 2. Easiest way is to open terminal and write
gedit /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf
Edit the line ant_sel=1
to ant_sel=2
save and reboot.
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I think I tried this already, might have caused the disconnection problem.
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Michel
22 December 2021 13:50
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No that fixed your issue haha. We have set it to 1
To late . Open up the terminal and write
sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf <<< "options rtl8723be ant_sel=1"
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Of course. Thanks for this, but I meant antenna 2. I've created a related post earlier. This one, regarding slow WiFi speed: WLAN Speed on Zorin - #7 by capriciousduck
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Michel
22 December 2021 14:10
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The only thing you can try is ant_sel=0
which is default.
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I think I'll stick with antenna 1 - a slow internet is okay to me than often disconnects.
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@Michel Will the setting be erased on kernel updates?
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Michel
22 December 2021 14:22
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I don't know, you also might try this
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