From: Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@gmail.com>
To: Curtis West <curtiswest@shaw.ca>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, curtiswest@rogers.blackberry.net
Subject: Re: Realtek driver issue in Ubuntu 12.01
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 12:11:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130707161100.GB7530@d2.synalogic.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51D98047.6010000@shaw.ca>
On 2013/07/07 10:50, Curtis West wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I have come across your driver info and thought I would write you
> and see if you could help.
>
> I recently purchased a Toshiba Satellite Pro C870 laptop and have
> successfully installed the latest version of Ubuntu 12.01.
Hello,
I would suggest following this guide from Ubuntu:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
>
> I then discovered that the wireless network driver for my wifi was
> not working, and the wired network was.
>
> Not being very experienced writing command line Linux commands, I
> installed a graphical interface to identify which drivers that
> Ubuntu was using for my drivers.
>
> This is where I found your email and information for the Realtek &
> the Linux r8169 crew.
>
> So I am emailing you as you have experience writing drivers.
This is a mailing list, BTW.
>
> So, if you are interested, I am hoping you may solve this problem,
> as I see many posts on the Ubuntu website trying to fix this
> problem.
>
> I have the Realtek RTL8723AE wireless Lan 802.11(n) card according
> to the specs posted by Toshiba for this model. The drivers that are
> installed according to the software I have used is the Realtek
> RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet Driver.
r8169 is likely the driver for your wired interface. rtl8723ae would be
the driver for your wifi card.
>
> What do I need to do to get this wifi issue solved?
>
> So, I hope this helps, if you are willing.
>
> Any help is great.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Curtis West
> 403-852-8066
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-07 16:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-07 14:50 Realtek driver issue in Ubuntu 12.01 Curtis West
2013-07-07 16:11 ` Benjamin Poirier [this message]
2013-07-07 21:44 ` Francois Romieu
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